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Album 10 contains: scenes in the village of Kalighat including: Indians bathing in the River Ganges, women shoppers outside a fruiterers, Hindu worshippers in the Kalighat Kali Temple, a goat being sacrificed outside the temple, views of the exterior of the temple; scenes in a Bengali village including: cattle grazing in the hills, various views of the village, groups of schoolchildren, the schoolmaster, village women trampling rice to make biscuits and fetching water from a well, Captain Clowes with villagers; scenes at an ARP First Aid Post, Calcutta including: nurses preparing a doctor for an operation, a casualty being treated for burns in the operating theatre, a Hindu girl giving nurses instructions on the recognition and handling of land mines and incendiary bombs, views of wards showing nurses and doctors attending to wounded soldiers, shots of wardens and ambulance drivers, stretcher-bearers bringing in casualties during an exercise; series entitled 'Comforts for Wounded Troops from Burma' showing: Mrs Ker serving cups of tea from the mobile tea wagon to servicemen, Miss Burdett and Mrs Leach, two of the helpers, Mrs Ker talking to Air Commodore Mellersh and Air Marshal Sir Guy Garrod; scenes at Dumdum Airport, Calcutta including: views of an observation post and officers awaiting the arrival of the Governor of Bengal; scenes in Calcutta including: barbers carrying out their trade at the side of a road, various views of traffic and pedestrians on Chowringhee road, passengers at the tram terminus; scenes showing rice cultivation in Bengal including: Bengal villagers tilling a ricefield, carrying bundles of straw and riceplants; scenes at an Indian Military Hospital including: Mrs Veena Babat talking to Captain Moore, patients reading and relaxing in the occupational therapy department, Mrs Rajan, one of the organisers watching an Indian Army doctor working with a microscope, shots of some of the patients; scenes showing British troops on leave in Calcutta watching a show in the YMCA given by the Bengal Entertainments Services Association (BESA); scenes showing Indian labourers building a barracks off Queensway near Delhi; Indian women drawing water from a well outside Delhi.