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India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi speaks about effectiveness of radio for family planning education; Indian people listen to radio in a village
People sit outside a house in India. They listen to a portable radio broadcasting family planning and birth control education information. View of a portable radio. India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi comments on the difficulty of reaching all Indian citizens with information, and the effectiveness of radio broadcasting since many in the population are illiterate. Narrator comments on massive population in India that continue to grow at a rate far greater than other parts of the world. A woman pours water from a jug over another woman bathing. A young Indian woman prays to have a child.
Mr Thomas Murray Wilson arrives to meet the Viceroy in India.
Interior of the Viceroy's house in India. Mr Thomas Murray Wilson, first American Commissioner to India, escorted upstairs on way to present credentials to Viceroy from President Franklin Roosevelt. The Viceroy's bodyguards line the staircase as Mr Wilson is escorted up by Olaf Caroe, Secretary to the Government of India in external affairs department. Wilson followed by his staff and American observers. Wilson and his staff come into Durbar Hall and bow to Viceroy. Wilson delivers a letter to the Viceroy. Viceroy, his staff and Executive Council stand to receive Wilson. Commander-in-Chief, General Sir Archibald Wavell stand with Viceroy. Viceroy shakes hands with Wilson. Viceroy leaves with staff. A bodyguard stands in uniform with a weapon.
Allied Commander Stilwell, Somervell and Mountbatten arrive and meet at an airfield in Delhi, India during World War II.
Allied Commanders meet in Delhi, India during World War II. A transport aircraft lands at an airfield in Delhi. Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of the China-Burma-India Theater Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell gets off the aircraft. Officers greet General Stilwell. Stilwell smokes a cigar as he speaks to officers. U.S. Army General Brehon Somervell gets off an aircraft and is greeted by Lieutenant General Stilwell and others. Somervell smokes a cigarette. Another aircraft lands at the field. Supreme Allied commander of the China-Burma-India Theater, British Lord Louis Mountbatten is greeted by officers as he shakes hands.
A large number of people perform namaz (Salat) together in front of the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi, India.
A map shows spread of Islam in Europe in 1683. A man performs a namaz in Delhi India. Muslims in a mosque perform namaz (Salat). The Jama Masjid Mosque (Jama Masjid Rd, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi 110006, India) in Delhi, India with many people in front of it. They perform namaz (Salat) together.
Military supplies to China from United States and the United Kingdom transit from Calcutta, India to China during WW2
Workers load supplies in Calcutta port in India during World War 2. A crane lowers stacks of boxes. Indian laborers roll artillery shells. A row of United States army trucks. Various materiel and military supplies, including rolls of chain link fencing and rolls of barbed wire. United States soldiers prepare a row of tanks for shipment. A transport boat on the Hooghly River in Calcutta, India (present day Kolkata, India). Sign on boat reads, "Rambari." Transport boat sets sail for the Brahmaputra River. A train begins to depart on the Bengal-Assam Railway. Indian worker transfers boxes to another train during a stop. Laborers repair train tracks damaged by monsoon rains. United States Army Douglas C-54 Skymaster planes in flight.
A new American Embassy is opened in New Delhi, India in the presence of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
The American Embassy in New Delhi, India. American ambassador to India Ellsworth Bunker and his wife greeting various Indian leaders including Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Defense Minister Krishna Menon. Dignitaries on the podium at the opening ceremony of the United States Embassy (Shantipath, Chanakyapuri New Delhi - 110021 India). Dignitaries including Nehru tour the new embassy which embodies the elements of Indian architecture.
