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Object description
Album 6 contains: scenes showing Tochi Scouts at work policing the Frontier Province; scenes showing signallers learning methods of communications with aircraft at the Frontier Constabulary Training Post in India; scenes at a swearing in ceremony for Sikh recruits including: the Granthi (bearer of the Bible) at the swearing in ceremony and various portraits of Sikh and Moslem recruits; portraits of Mr Gerald Hurden, a district officer of the Frontier Constabulary; scenes showing recruits to the Frontier Constabulary in training; scenes showing the 7th Rajput Regiment on a Frontier warfare exercise in the Khyber Pass; scenes in Benares including: a Nepalese temple, the Dhamek Stupa at Sarnath, the Mula Gandha Kuti Vihara temple at Sarnath, scenes showing Alain Daniélou and Raymond Burnier in their house overlooking the Ganges, various street scenes and views of the bank of the Ganges; scenes showing students at Benares Hindu University; scenes in Kunming including: portraits of Major General Claire Chennault, his secretary Miss Doreen Lonburg and Major General Gordon Grimsdale, views of the garden of the British Consulate and of Yunnan University; scenes in Chungking including: street scenes, views of the Yangste River, views of an exhibition of MOI photographs; scenes showing convalescent Indian soldiers being entertained by the WVS; views of Kailash Temple at Ellora; scenes at Hyderabad City including: views of the bazaar quarter, the courtyard and interior of the Mecca Masjid; students at Osmania University, police on duty outside the Charminar, scenes at the Bombay Horticultural show; scenes at a recreation centre for troops on leave in Bombay including: Peter Dykewell and LAC Tony Newton; scenes in the ancient Indian village of Mahakachsmir on Malabar Hill in Bombay, showing women and children; scenes at the Royal Navy Signal School in Bombay showing WAC officers and ratings; scenes showing the work of the Red Cross in India including: a sewing party at the Town Hall, women sorting out hospital equipment, a view of the exterior of the Indian Red Cross Depot at Bombay Town Hall. Among the helpers are: Mrs Lowndes, Lady Duggan and Lady Clayton; scenes at a Bombay market showing Captain Bruce York buying vegetables for his mess; scenes showing Lady Colville talking to Wrens; views of the Golconda Fort including: one of the mausoleums of the Qutub Shahi Kings, a Hindu temple, views of the surrounding countryside.