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Rural Indian people migrating to cities such as Delhi, Madras, and Calcutta, in India. Street scenes in cities.
The problem of increasing population and food scarcity in India. A rural Indian woman preparing a meal over an open fire. A grown girl and small child sit nearby. An Indian family sitting for a meal. Indian families migrating to cities in search of a better life. Crowded street scenes in an Indian cities, such as Delhi, Madras, and Calcutta. Pedestrians, bicycles, buses and several sacred cows are seen. Old car from 1930s or 1940s and a rickshaw pass behind cows. A busy marketplace, where merchants prepare and sell meats, fish, fruits, and other foods at market. Cars and other vehicles moving single-file between roadside merchant stalls. A traffic jam of cars, rickshaws, and other conveyances. The poor sifting through rubbish at a dump site. Alleyway in a shantytown. Wealthy Indians leaving a hotel by a modern automobile and others diving into an exclusive swimming pool.
A group of men perform the 'devil dancing' and one of the 'devil dancer' dives through a hoop, in Madras, India.
'Devil dancer' dives through a hoop with only an inch to spare, in Madras, India. A group of men wearing traditional kinds of dresses performing the 'devil dancing'. Two men hold a hoop and one of the 'devil dancer' dives through the hoop. Men stand around and watch. Children seated on the ground. The hoop is tried on through the head of the dancer and there are only inches to spare, and the hoop does not pass through his shoulder. Two men holding a hoop and the 'devil dancer' dives through the hoop.
Government takes measures for the control of population in India.
Highlights the problem of increasing population and food scarcity in India, and focuses on birth control and family planning education. A sign board reads: 'Indian Institute of Technology Madras'. Buildings in the area. Interior of a factory. Men work. Exterior of a temple. Sensual artwork on the walls of a temple. A woman teaches other women about the importance of family planning, birth control, and birth control devices. A woman shows a diagram of female reproductive anatomy. Women stand with their children. Trees and houses in the background. Woman teaches other women with the help of drawings and charts. Women teach about newly available Intrauterine Devices (IUD). Another woman teaches girls in a school. Men go for sterilization procedures available from a mobile van of the Planned Parenthood federation. A woman talks to a man. A man drinks tea after a sterilization procedure.
Japanese Naval guns and aircraft attack British targets in Indian Ocean and environs, in World War II
Animated map shows Indian Ocean,with Bay of Bengal; Ceylon; India and cities of Madras and Calcutta; and Burma and city of Rangoon. Two Japanese aircraft carriers are seen in waters off Rangoon, during World War 2. Officers aboard looking through binoculars. Antiaircraft guns on one of the carriers. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M (zero/Zeke) airplane is readied and takes off from the carrier, followed by another. Several are seen flying in formation over the city of Rangoon. Sounds of explosions and smoke rising, as the Japanese bomb the city. Black smoke from exploding flak is also seen. Scene shifts to a Japanese warship firing 5.5 inch guns at a British ship which is hit by shellfire. The ship explodes emitting dense white smoke, and sinks from sight. Three A6M Zeros fly overhead. Aerial view of a British ship being bombed, and burning.
People rejoice as the Indian political leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is out of jail and addresses the people in India.
A film about the various nationwide movements in India and contribution of the Indian political leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi before independence in India. People rejoice as Mahatma Gandhi is out of jail. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi sits on a stage and is surrounded by a crowd. Gandhiji addresses the crowd from a balcony. A huge crowd gathered as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi addresses the people. A British India flag in the foreground. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi stands with other men on the balcony.
Scenes of Cartagena, Colombia in the 1930s
The Cathedral of San Pedro Claver (Plaza de San Pedro Claver, Cra. 4 #30-01, Cartagena de Indias, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia) at Plaza San Pedro Claver, in Cartagena, Colombia. The tomb of San Pedro Claver, the city's patron saint, inside the cathedral. A view of Cartagena Cathedral (Calle de los Santos de Piedra, Cra. 4, Provincia de Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia), rising above trees.
