Sign reads 'World Council of Churches Third Session' in New Delhi, India. Interiors of building show delegates from fifty countries gathered at the session. Logo of the World Council of Churches “OIKOUMENE” displayed on stage. Official speaks at mike. Delegate from the United Church of Canada and Russian Orthodox Church attend the session. Various delegates seated in assembly.
Hindu Leader Mahatma Gandhi fasts to bring Hindu Muslim Amity in Delhi, India. The followers of Hindu Leader Mahatma Gandhi march on a street holding banner. Gandhiji lying on a bed without eating food. People walk and look at Gandhiji on the bed. A woman seated near his bed reads a letter. The women looking at Gandhiji. People crowd on a street in large number. A leader speaks to the people.
Political activities in New Delhi, India. People cheer for election result. Communist leader Ila Mitra walks in a campaign. She folds hands to wish. People walk behind her. People hold banner 'Long Live National Unity'. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with ministers. Anti Congress party leader in a rally, garlands over his neck. Crowd in campaign rally.
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.
India give U.S. President Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower the greatest acclaim. People crowd at an airport. Ike climbs down a ladder. Indian President Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru greet him. Flags of the United States and India. Indian soldiers stand in a squad. U.S. President escorted by an Indian officer reviews the soldiers. Men with cameras at the podium. People around the podium at New Delhi airport. U.S. President gets into a car. On the third day of his visit he opens an agricultural fair. Both the Presidents seated at a podium. An elephant garlands Ike's daughter- in- law Barbara Jean Thompson and son John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower. They take an elephant ride. Young children look at them and wave. They attend a party at the Mughal Gardens in which Ike scores a brilliant triumph.
Distribution of motion pictures to U.S. Military units during World War II. Men work in an office of overseas motion picture service in New York. Men tying a document related to shipment of films. Men discuss amongst themselves. The films are placed in wooden cases for shipment. Animated map shows various locations. An airplane in flight. Men unload the wooden cases from the airplane. A ship docked in a harbor. Men gather near the ship. A man enters a building in New Delhi, India. A sign outside the building reads: 'India Film Exchange Film Library'. A sign outside other building reads: 'Special Service Section'. Men stand outside the building. A car arrives near the building. The films are transported to remote areas with the help of dog sleds and camels.