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Album 9 contains: scenes in Palwal including: women drawing water from a well, water buffalo being taken to a pond to be watered, women taking clothes to a pond for washing; scenes at the Mathematical Instrument Office in Calcutta including: the inspection of component parts, men working at grinding machines, at vertical milling machines, adjusting prismatic binoculars, manufacturing thermometers, views of the entrance; scenes at the University College of Science in Calcutta including students at work in one of the laboratories; scenes showing British and US soldiers at the Viceregal Lodge including: The Hon Felicity Wavell, Lord Wavell, Lord Euston, Caption Fortune, Mrs Humphries and General Auchinleck all talking to soldiers outside the Leave Camp bar, the 'Elephant and Palm'; scenes at Lower Circular Road Cemetery, Calcutta showing views of some of the tombs; scenes at Calcutta University including: views of one of the lecture rooms and students at work in the library; scenes at an Indian Military Hospital in Calcutta showing patients undergoing occupational therapy treatment for shock including: some of the women helping the patients with embroidery, raffia, wool and weaving work, views of the exterior of the hospital and views of the wards; scenes at a Services Hostel in Calcutta including: soldiers getting their laundry and on their way to the dining-room; scenes at the Country Mission School at Sarisha, Bengal showing some of the schoolboys; scene at Maidan Park, Calcutta including: English and Indian children playing on the parade ground and views of the pavilion on the parade ground; scenes in Calcutta including: views of traffic and pedestrians on the Chowringhee road and passengers on a tram bound for the suburb of Ballygunge; scenes in a Bengali village including: a fishnet weaver at work, shots of some of the villagers, fishing boats in the Hooghly River, men building boats on the banks of the Hooghly River, pupils at the village school, a school boy spinning outside the school; scenes in the village of Kalighat including: views of Kalighat Kali Temple, heads of sacrificed goats outside the Temple, street scenes, Indians bathing in the River Ganges; views of the Bengal countryside in the evening.