I. "HOW BRICKLAYERS ARE TRAINED IN FRANCE". Pupils of the brick layers' school in Paris exercise on scaffoldings and train on the future. II. "ROYAL NAVY HAND OVER ASSAULT CRAFT TO ROYAL INDIAN NAVY". At the new Royal Indian ...

I. "V.J. DAY CELEBRATED QUIETLY IN INDIA". Lord Wavell gives an address to the people of India asking them to dedicate themselves to the great task of reconstruction. Thanksgiving services are held across the country. II. " ...

I. "JAPANESE CAPITULATE AT PENANG". Captain Hidaka, representing the Japanese naval Commander-in-Chief at Penang, boards the battleship Nelson to offer their surrender. Penang becomes the first big city to be liberated in ...

I. "GURKHAS COMPLETE THE REOCCUPATION OF BURMA". Gurkhas move up the river to a large Japanese transport centre on the Sittang River. II. "ID IN INDIA AND MALAYA". India's Muslim population celebrate Id-al-Fitr and fill the ...

I. "SIR SHENTON THOMAS REUNITED WITH WIFE AFTER 3 AND A 1/2 YEARS OF JAPANESE INTERNMENT". At Calcutta airport, Sir Thomas greets his wife and members of his former staff after his release from a Japanese prisoner of war camp ...

I. "THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Karachi Contact Club, Pola Festival, Nagpur - Police Investiture". Sir Hugh Dow, Governor of Sind, visits the Club. Festival of the Bull is celebrated. The Governor of the Central Provinces decorates ...

I. "AMERICAN HONOURS AWARDED TO FIELD MARSHALL LORD WAVELL AND GENERAL SIR CLAUDE AUCHINLECK". Both men are awarded the Legion of Merit by Lieutenant General Wheeler, Commander of the U.S. forces, India-Burma theatres. II. " ...

I. "WELCOME HOME JAWAN". Indian troops from the Middle East arrive back in Karachi. II. "FAREWELL TO GENERAL WHEELER". U.S. Commander in the India-Burma theatre bids farewell to his many friends at New Delhi airport after ...

I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to six major cities of India. II. "SIR SULTAN AHMED RESIGNS FROM INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING". On the eve of ...

I. "CIVIL ADMINISTRATION RESTORED IN BURMA" Propaganda film to mark the restoration of Britain's civil administration in Burma after three years of Japanese rule. The arrival of Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, the Governor of ...

I. "BOMBAY FETES JOHN GIELGUD". The world famous Shakespearean actor visits the Information Files of India and the Rajkamal Kalamandir Studios where he is received by Shantarem, India's leading film director. II. "WORLD ...

I. "5,000 INDIANS REPATRIATED FROM RABAUL". Britain's aircraft carrier 'Formidable' enters Bombay Harbour, carry 1,200 Indian soldiers recently freed from the Japanese prison camp of Rabaul. II. "Rs. 300,000/- FOR THE KAMALA ...