I. "ENGINEERS FIGHT BENGAL'S FAMINE AREAS WITH NEW IRRIGATION" Scenes of a twin Diesel engine mechanical pump, pumping eight hundred gallons of water per minute through irrigation channels to paddy fields, lying high above ...

I. "T.S. CHOCKALINGHAM LAUNCHES A NEW DAILY: 'DINASARI' INAUGURATED" Chockalingham launches the new Tamil daily newspaper "Dinasari" at a meeting. The newspaper will not be run for profit but will be "turned into a trust for ...

I. "ORGANIZED MEASURES ENSURE FOODGRAINS IN PLENTY" Scenes showing the delivery and distribution of Government grain in a village Co-operative society, where "it's distributed at a fair price to all who need it, share and ...

I. "NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Touring members of the National Defence Council meet Indian troops, the "good soldiers", in the Middle East. The Honourable Syed Miran Mohammed Shah ...

I. "BENGAL LOSES A DISTINGUISHED SON: SIR PRAFULLA CHANDRA RAY" Tribute to the life of Sir P C Ray, teacher, scientist and philanthropist. Commentary notes his discovery of a new compound in chemistry "but he did not rest ...

I. "MODERN SCIENCE PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE SUN GOD" Devotees of the sun at a Solarium, a twentieth-century "temple of the sun". Scenes of children and the sick receiving treatment from the electric sunlight of the solarium. The ...

I. "WEST AFRICAN'S ROLE IN INDIA'S DEFENCE" West African troops, "toughened by the toughest climate in the world", arrive in Burma for jungle warfare training and assault courses. They then fight the enemy for six months ...

I. "KHALSAS WINS M.U.C. GOLD CUP" The Gold Cup Final (soccer) in Madras is won by Khalsa College. The match is stopped after fighting breaks out between players, and then spectators. The award of the trophy is postponed; ...

I. "CHINESE CELEBRATE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF RESISTANCE TO JAPAN" Chinese children lead the procession in Calcutta, marking resistance to Japan. Commentary notes that "China had a revolution to give these children a better ...

I. "ST. DUNSTAN'S IN INDIA" Colonel Sir Clutha Mackenzie greets Sir Maurice Hallett at Dehra Dun's new home for war blinded Indian Soldiers. The hostel "is run along the lines of its famous namesake in London, where men are ...

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 ...

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" ...