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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "RAILWAYS ENSURE SAFETY FIRST" A passenger train collision with a concrete block, placed across the line, is staged by rail officials in India. Scenes of the crash in slow motion. Commentary notes "the greatest single ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "THE RAINS CAME TO KARACHI" Monsoon rainstorms hit Karachi. Scenes of children playing in rain, citizens wading through streets and Army drivers moving along flooded roads.

    II. "NOURISH THE LAND TO GROW MORE FOOD" ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "V.A.D. NURSES NOW IN INDIA" Lady Colville and daughter welcome the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) to India from England, "the girls that beat the blitz". Mother and daughter discuss the flying bomb with the girls. Later, ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "SHOWING THE WAY TO MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING" Professor Wadia shows a party of VADs (Voluntary Aid Detachments) from London, led by Ambulance Sister Miss Colville, some of the ruins from previous wars. Commentary states that " ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "GALLANTRY REWARDED" Sir Andrew Clow gives the Indian Distinguished Service Medal (IDSM) to an aunt of Sepoy Wellington Mazaar of Shillong, a man who volunteered to get himself infected with the deadly disease Kala-Azar, ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "GANDHI AND JINNAH NEGOTIATE FOR COMMUNAL UNITY" Gandhi arrives in white car from Birla House to Jinnah's residence, a short distance away on Malabar Hill, in Bombay. The house is surrounded by war correspondents. Jinnah ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "WACIs ALSO SERVE WITH THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY" Members of the WACI (Women's Army Corps of India) work as cipher clerks for the RIN (Royal Indian Navy). "These women keep secrets", states the commentary, "that's supposed to ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "SHARK FISHING IN MADRAS WATERS" Madras fishermen go shark hunting in a catamaran made of logs tied together with rope and a sail. Boat is ridden out over the breaking waves. A wounded shark is caught and is used to snare ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "FIVE GOALS TO THREE - ENGLAND VS SCOTLAND AT THE IRWIN STADIUM" Viceroy Lord Wavell watches England vs Scotland match at the Irwin Stadium. Among the Scottish players were Winters of Glasgow Rangers, MacEwan of Queen's ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PRESENTS NEW COLOURS TO THE FOURTH BOMBAY GRENADIERS" The Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Claude Auchinleck, arrives in Bombay aboard a modern transport plane, carrying the new colours for the ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "THE ROVERS CUP FINAL" Rovers Cup Trophy match between the British Reinforcement Camp and the WIAA staff. The Camp won 3 - 1, with forward Pullen scoring a hat trick.

    II. "REWARDS FOR RECRUITING" Chattisgarh in the ...

     
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    INDIAN NEWS PARADEGB, India

    I. "NAVY DAY IN INDIA" Governor of Bombay meets Admiral Godfrey of the Royal Indian Navy for the Navy Day Parade in Bombay. Nelson's "famous signal" is hoisted although commentary notes that a more appropriate signal would be ...