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Children return from a boarding school in India.
Variety of races, castes, religions and living conditions in India. A missionary family. Children play with a dog in their garden. Three boys enjoy in swimming pool. Trees in the background. Children and women in a flower garden. Children return from boarding school. Children stand on the street. A jeep arrives. Women with their children. Children play. Women sit and play with their children. A man and a woman take their children back to home in the jeep.
People engaged in various occupations in South India.
People belonging to different castes work in South India. Washermen (dhobi) wash laundry at a small water pool of a meager waterway. They carry laundry on their shoulders and on donkeys. Women at the market. A white woman negotiates with the seller. An artisan makes baskets. A barber shaves the face of his customer. Barber gives the man a manicure, cutting his nails. A potter spins and forms a pot using the potter's wheel. Women stand amidst pots in the market. A cobbler repairs a pair of shoes.
Civilians with belongings loaded on trucks,bullock carts and trains evacuate town during Civil strife in Punjab, India.
Civil strife in Punjab, India is depicted in newsreel "New Indian Dominions in Chaos." Indian civilians loaded on trucks move and evacuate town. People move with their belongings, animals, and children loaded on bullock carts. A man clings to the side of full cart leaving the area. Burning and damaged buildings. Burned vehicles. Man carries a woman on his shoulders. Another man carries a bed over his head. Refugees evacuate the town. Soldiers advance and fire in a battle. Scenes of dead civilian victims of the violence. Wounded people are carried on litters and moved to hospitals. A railroad train filled with people trying to leave the area, and the roofs of the train completely covered with passengers also. More scenes of civilian refugees fleeing the violence.
Jaipur Maharajah Sawai Man Singh II sits on his throne and bestows blessings on people who serve his estate in Jaipur, India.
Maharajah of Jaipur Sawai Man Singh II bless people in Jaipur, India. Maharajah of Jaipur Sawai Man Singh II walks towards his throne. The Maharajah sits on his throne. The visitors seated on a bench watch the ceremony. The Maharajah bestows his blessings on the people who serve his estate. The decorated elephants. A man dressed in traditional uniform stands. The Maharajah bestows his blessings on ox, an elephant and a horse. The local people stand in a group. The people perform.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Ali Jinnah speak during independence ceremonies in Asia.
Around time of partition of India into separate states of India and Pakistan. Independence ceremonies in Asia. Governor-General of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah along with other officials arrives in a car in Pakistan. People wave. The Pakistani flag flying atop a flag pole. A large crowd gathered on a street in India. Buildings along the street sides. Mounted Sikhs in parade. People stand holding banners. Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru gets off a car. He addresses people. The Indian flag flying atop a flag pole. Mounted Indian police drive back the crowd. A great crowd in front of a palace.
Men, women and children go about their daily chores in an Indian village.
Living conditions of people in villages in India. A girl draws water from a well. Women watch. Water containers near the well. Men walk and play drums. A woman picks lice from the hair of another woman. A girl grinds floor. A child sits nearby. A woman bathes her infant. A boy takes bath. People walk carrying a palanquin.