Dignitaries address people in India. People sit under a tent. Jawaharlal Nehru addresses people. Other dignitaries sit in the background.
Variety of races, castes, religions and living conditions in India. Muslim men walk. Beggers receive alms from a passerby along a side of the street. A white woman talks to women. A man passes on bicycle on street. Cars pass on the street. An orderly (junior staff in office) riding a bicycle, brings a file to a white man. Festive Procession. People walk on the street playing drums, followed by men with cattle, followed by women. Huts along a side of street. Bullock-carts. A woman walks carrying firewood on her head. Another woman carrying a basket on her head.
Variety of races, castes, religions and living conditions in India. Contrast living conditions of wealthy Indians and low caste Indians (untouchables). View of huts and trees. Car parked near the houses. Men talk amongst themselves. Men come out from the huts with children. A man walks carrying a basket on his head. Children walk. Decorated bullock carts move on a ground. Men on horses follow. A statue amidst the ground. Building in the background. People gather. Men in uniforms walk with weapons. An elephant draws a decorated cart.
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 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.
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.