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♪

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♪

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♪ The rajah,
he comes from Ranjipoo ♪

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♪ Only to spend
a month or two ♪

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♪ And you can bet ♪

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♪ The rajah knows
what\'s what ♪

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♪ You couldn\'t lose him
in Regent Street ♪

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♪ At any old game

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he\'s hard to beat ♪

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♪ The port of sport

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who\'s always on the spot ♪

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♪ In his own native land ♪

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♪ He\'s so precise
in everything ♪

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♪ But over here
he has his fling ♪

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♪ Oh ♪

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♪ All the girls admire
the rollicking rajah ♪

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♪ The wonderful rajah ♪

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♪ He\'s a multimillionaire ♪

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♪ Each day in Rotten Row
he\'s riding a charger ♪

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♪ And the rajah
looks all there ♪

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♪ He wears a bunch of diamonds
tucked in his turban ♪

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♪ In front of his turban ♪

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♪ And rubies, too ♪

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♪ All the girls salaam
the great Ram Jam ♪

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♪ The rollicking rajah
of Ranjipoo ♪

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♪

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♪ The rajah\'s in love
with girls a few ♪

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♪ \"I want a queen
in Ranjipoo\" ♪

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♪ Upon his knees

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he tells each maid
with pride ♪

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♪ \"To my native home
come fly with me

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and under a silken canopy\" ♪

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♪ \"Someday,\" he\'ll say,

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\"you\'ll be my Eastern bride\" ♪

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♪ \"When we get wed,

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we\'ll ride
two elephants

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and when it\'s done ♪

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♪ We\'ll both go home
again on one\" ♪

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♪ Oh ♪

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♪ All the girls admire
the rollicking rajah ♪

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♪ The wonderful rajah ♪

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♪ He\'s a multimillionaire ♪

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♪ Each day in Rotten Row
he\'s riding a charger ♪

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♪ And the rajah
looks all there ♪

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♪ He wears a bunch of diamonds
tucked in his turban ♪

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♪ In front of his turban ♪

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♪ And rubies, too ♪

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♪ All the girls salaam
the great Ram Jam ♪

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♪ The rollicking rajah
of Ranjipoo ♪♪

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♪

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Tiger hunting in India

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takes on added
pomp and ceremony

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when sponsored by a rajah.

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And it was
our good fortune

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to be invited
to the thrilling event

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along with many princes\'
important dates

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from nearby provinces.

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The start was made near
the edge of the Gir Forest.

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Before entering the jungle,

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a score or more of natives
had to be secured

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to act as beaters.

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These beaters live
in small native villages

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and are known as crows.

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They are religious thieves,

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and wickedness
is their creed.

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A crow must do
his evil deed each day,

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and in doing so, they hope
to return to Earth

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in the form of crows.

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Honest labor is a disgrace
to these gentlemen.

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♪

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If any work is done,
the women must do it.

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And in this village,
we found

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some remarkably
good-looking women.

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From what appeared to be
a place of dire poverty,

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they brought out
a fortune in jewels,

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gold pieces, and bracelets

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that they had skillfully
reformed and shaped.

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They are very clever
metal workers,

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which seems to be
their only ambition.

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♪

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There was
the striped killer.

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And to our amazement,
with him, his majesty,

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the king of beasts.

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Over a quarter of a ton

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of fierce fighting
machinery.

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♪

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(growling)

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The tiger\'s
unexpected attack

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takes the lion
by surprise.

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His majesty\'s fury
is aroused.

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The Indian lion
fears nothing that lives.

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Only victory or defeat
can stop him now.

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(growling)

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The tiger tries to escape
up the side of the pit,

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but there is no escape now.

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The two are destined
to uphold

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the law of the jungle.

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♪

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Then they meet
in a fight to the finish.

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(roaring)

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Exhausted,
the tiger gives up.

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He has fought his best
against the roaring monster.

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♪

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♪

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♪

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Of all the great religions
of the world,

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the strangest is
the weird faith

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of the Hindus.

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Into the many
inner mysteries,

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no white man
is allowed to penetrate.

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Into the bizarre beliefs
of Hinduism,

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none can be converted,

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for the Hindu must be born,
and born again,

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and yet again until
the weary duplication

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of his earthly lives
is halted in Nirvana,

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the Hindu heaven
of eternal peace.

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In all the modern world,
there is no parallel

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to such complexity
of faith.

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There has been
nothing like it

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since the pantheism

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of the ancient Greeks
and Romans.

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪ Pretty little baby ♪

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♪ Everybody knows ♪

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♪ Pretty little baby ♪

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♪ I love you ♪

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♪ Sweeter
than the flowers ♪

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♪ Say, you\'re
a mighty nice rose ♪

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♪ And you\'re
my little angel ♪

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♪ From your head

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down to your toes ♪

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♪ Sweeter than the honey ♪

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♪ We get from the bees ♪

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♪ Everyone that knows you ♪

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♪ Sings for you ♪

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♪ What\'s the use
of crying ♪

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♪ When there\'s no denying ♪

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♪ Pretty little baby ♪

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♪ Oh, I\'m in love
with you ♪

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♪

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♪ Pretty little baby ♪

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♪

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♪ Everybody knows ♪

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♪

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♪ Pretty little baby ♪

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♪ I love you ♪

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♪

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♪ Sweeter than
the flowers ♪

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♪ You\'re a mighty nice rose ♪

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♪ And you\'re
a little angel ♪

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♪ From your head

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down to your toes ♪

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♪ Sweeter than the honey ♪

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♪ We get from the bees ♪

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♪ Everyone that knows you ♪

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♪ Sings for you ♪

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♪ Doo, doo, doo,
doo, doo, doo ♪

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♪ Doo, doo, doo, doo,
doo, doo, doo, doo ♪

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♪ Pretty little baby ♪

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♪ Oh, I\'m in love
with you ♪♪

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♪

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♪

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For hundreds of miles,
the Indian highway

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cuts across a bleak
and bitter landscape,

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torn and ravaged
by the monsoon floods

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and then for ten months,
without intermission,

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burnt and hammered
by the tropic sun.

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In sharp, vivid contrast,

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that contrast which forever
typifies the Indian road,

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is the mode of travel
of a local rajah

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seeking escape from
the intolerable heat

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of the plains.

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He is on his way
to his summer home

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in the cool heights
of the mountains,

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but he must travel
in state

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with his ceremonial
sword-bearers,

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his drummers,
and his dancing girls.

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India is a country ruled,
perhaps more than any other,

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by tradition.

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And tradition binds
the behavior of the rich

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more than the poor.

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Tradition places
dancing girls

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on each side of the rajah\'s
richly decorated litter.

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♪

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Tradition insists
that they shall dance

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throughout the long
and tedious trek.

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♪

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Tradition, too, governs
the rajah\'s wife, the rani.

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Being of lesser rank,
she rides without a canopy,

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enjoying the full force
of the sun.

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♪

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Overheated by
the fierce Indian sun,

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a motor bus pulls up
to cool its engine.

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Passing it, one more example

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of that weird contrast
which is India

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is the palanquin,

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a type of vehicle
which has not changed

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for more than 2,000 years.

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It is bearing
a beshrouded Muslim woman

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on her lonely travels.

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Her religion
sternly forbids her

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to allow the world

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the smallest inkling
of her charms.

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♪

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As a million wooden wheels
begin to turn,

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the modern road winds on,

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a ribbon of the present

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threading the fantastic
centuries of ancient India.

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♪

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This is India.

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Rural India.

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The real India.

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And this simple picture

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shows perhaps three
of the commonest sights

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in this vast country:

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the palm tree,

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the bullock cart,

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and the kerosene tin.

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In every home,

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in nearly 600,000
villages and towns,

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the kerosene tin serves
some useful purpose.

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After it has
fulfilled the work

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for which it is made,

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to bring kerosene
to the people of India,

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it starts a long
and arduous life

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of service to the villagers.

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It carries water.

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Flattened out, the tins
make an excellent roof.

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♪

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The metal is cut
to make a host of articles

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of everyday use, such as
the lamp you see here.

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The tins provide
containers for rice,

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dal, sugar, salt,

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and the 101
other daily needs

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that are retailed like this
in every Indian bazaar.

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♪

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Kerosene tins.

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They play such a varied part
in our everyday lives

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that their story
is worth the telling.

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Tin plates
stacked by the ton.

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In this factory alone,

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30,000 tins
are made every day.

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And now, the tin plates
start on their journey

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through the machinery
which shapes them

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into the finished tins.

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♪

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Here, the plates
are trimmed and hammered.

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♪

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At the same time,
the trimmed edges

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are bent into
the form of a book.

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So here is the body
of the tin.

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♪

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And here,
the tops are being made.

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♪

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(indistinct exclamation)

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♪

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So, in such
a short space of time,

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smooth tin plates
have been made

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into a four-gallon tin.

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♪

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(machinery whirring)

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♪

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(clanging)

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♪

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Here is the kerosene tin,
finished now

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all except for one small
but important detail:

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the handle.

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♪

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(machinery clanging)

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♪

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There they go,

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the finished kerosene tins.

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They\'re on their way
to be filled with oil.

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They will carry oil
to the vast Indian public,

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to the rich
and to the poor.

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

00:50:08.458 --> 00:50:18.709
♪

00:50:20.834 --> 00:50:22.709
I\'ve got to talk
rather quietly

00:50:22.709 --> 00:50:24.125
because I\'m in
a film studio

00:50:24.125 --> 00:50:26.375
and they\'re actually
shooting a scene.

00:50:26.375 --> 00:50:28.125
They\'ve nearly
finished the shot,

00:50:28.125 --> 00:50:29.375
and there\'s no need
to tell you

00:50:29.375 --> 00:50:30.792
who\'s the star
of this film.

00:50:30.792 --> 00:50:34.125
You can see his name
on the back of his chair.

00:50:34.125 --> 00:50:34.917
Save your lights!

00:50:34.917 --> 00:50:38.667
Ten minutes break for tea,
everybody.

00:50:41.750 --> 00:50:43.542
Well, that\'s that.

00:50:43.542 --> 00:50:46.583
Hello, what\'s my Indian
scrapbook doing here?

00:50:46.583 --> 00:50:47.667
Oh, sorry, Sabu.

00:50:47.667 --> 00:50:49.000
I was looking at it.

00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:50.417
Hope you don\'t mind.

00:50:50.417 --> 00:50:51.500
I used to live in India,

00:50:51.500 --> 00:50:53.000
and I was seeing
if I recognized

00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:54.375
any of the pictures.

00:50:54.375 --> 00:50:56.792
Here\'s one you ought
to recognize.

00:50:56.792 --> 00:50:57.792
Do you know what it is?

00:50:57.792 --> 00:50:59.458
Yes, I think
I\'d know that one

00:50:59.458 --> 00:51:01.667
even if I hadn\'t
lived in India.

00:51:01.667 --> 00:51:03.458
It\'s the Taj Mahal at Agra,

00:51:03.458 --> 00:51:06.125
one of the loveliest
buildings in the world,

00:51:06.125 --> 00:51:06.959
built 300 years ago

00:51:06.959 --> 00:51:09.041
by one of the great
Mughal emperors.

00:51:09.041 --> 00:51:11.250
I remember I used to think
it was a temple,

00:51:11.250 --> 00:51:13.250
but, of course, it isn\'t
really a temple at all.

00:51:13.250 --> 00:51:16.542
But there are great temples
still thronged by worshipers

00:51:16.542 --> 00:51:17.375
in every Indian city

00:51:17.375 --> 00:51:20.750
and little humble temples,
even in remote villages

00:51:20.750 --> 00:51:21.875
miles from anywhere,

00:51:21.875 --> 00:51:25.250
villages like this one,
for instance.

00:51:25.250 --> 00:51:26.333
Just a minute.

00:51:26.333 --> 00:51:27.625
What\'s going on here?

00:51:27.625 --> 00:51:29.834
Seems to be some sort
of entertainment.

00:51:29.834 --> 00:51:32.166
Let\'s stop and watch it
for a bit.

00:51:32.166 --> 00:51:33.583
I don\'t know
what it\'s all about,

00:51:33.583 --> 00:51:35.375
but it\'s rather fascinating,

00:51:35.375 --> 00:51:37.583
like one of
our curbside cabarets

00:51:37.583 --> 00:51:38.417
with a barrel organ

00:51:38.417 --> 00:51:40.625
and a gentleman
rattling spoons.

00:51:40.625 --> 00:51:41.875
Under that burning sun

00:51:41.875 --> 00:51:44.834
a little water often
has to go a long way.

00:51:44.834 --> 00:51:46.959
However, in this case,
there seems to be enough

00:51:46.959 --> 00:51:47.667
to go around.

00:51:47.667 --> 00:51:50.417
Makes me feel quite thirsty
just to look at them.

00:51:50.417 --> 00:51:52.208
Well, have some of my tea.

00:51:52.208 --> 00:51:53.458
It\'s just coming.

00:51:53.458 --> 00:51:54.792
Thanks awfully, Sabu.

00:51:54.792 --> 00:51:57.959
I\'m always ready
for a cup of tea.

00:51:57.959 --> 00:52:01.500
You must be glad
to get yours, too.

00:52:01.500 --> 00:52:04.041
You must get terribly
hot and thirsty

00:52:04.041 --> 00:52:06.208
working under
all these lights.

00:52:06.208 --> 00:52:07.709
You seemed to be
pretty hard at it

00:52:07.709 --> 00:52:09.792
when I was watching you
just now.

00:52:09.792 --> 00:52:11.083
I don\'t suppose
you often get time

00:52:11.083 --> 00:52:13.291
even for a short rest
like this, do you?

00:52:13.291 --> 00:52:16.583
Oh, we nearly always have
a break for tea.

00:52:16.583 --> 00:52:19.250
I see, \"Everything
stops for tea,\"

00:52:19.250 --> 00:52:20.375
as the song says.

00:52:20.375 --> 00:52:22.166
But you\'ll have to be
back on the set soon,

00:52:22.166 --> 00:52:24.709
and I\'d like to see
the rest of your pictures

00:52:24.709 --> 00:52:25.542
before you go.

00:52:25.542 --> 00:52:27.917
I say, this looks
rather exciting.

00:52:27.917 --> 00:52:29.917
Isn\'t this the city
where you used to live?

00:52:29.917 --> 00:52:32.792
Yes, these are some
pictures of the procession

00:52:32.792 --> 00:52:35.542
in Mysore,
where I was born.

00:52:35.542 --> 00:52:36.166
Of course.

00:52:36.166 --> 00:52:38.041
I was lucky enough to be
in Mysore once

00:52:38.041 --> 00:52:40.208
when the ceremony
was being held.

00:52:40.208 --> 00:52:41.959
It\'s an annual affair,
isn\'t it?

00:52:41.959 --> 00:52:43.250
-Yes.
-And the central figure

00:52:43.250 --> 00:52:44.792
of the procession,
which attracts

00:52:44.792 --> 00:52:45.625
thousands of people

00:52:45.625 --> 00:52:47.291
from the countryside
all around,

00:52:47.291 --> 00:52:49.917
is the maharajah
of Mysore himself,

00:52:49.917 --> 00:52:52.625
one of the premier princes
of India.

00:52:52.625 --> 00:52:54.500
He rides a superb white horse

00:52:54.500 --> 00:52:56.000
with a saddle
of solid silver,

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:58.583
and his subjects wait
in the sun for hours

00:52:58.583 --> 00:52:59.917
to watch him go by.

00:52:59.917 --> 00:53:02.041
Now you can see
that silver saddle

00:53:02.041 --> 00:53:03.083
I was talking about,

00:53:03.083 --> 00:53:05.542
and it\'s worth seeing,
isn\'t it?

00:53:05.542 --> 00:53:08.625
And that\'s the last
of my pictures.

00:53:08.625 --> 00:53:10.250
I hope you liked them.

00:53:10.250 --> 00:53:12.000
They were lovely, Sabu.

00:53:12.000 --> 00:53:13.542
Thank you very much.

00:53:13.542 --> 00:53:15.834
And by the way,
I never thanked you

00:53:15.834 --> 00:53:17.667
for my excellent cup of tea.

00:53:17.667 --> 00:53:19.375
That\'s something
we all ought to be

00:53:19.375 --> 00:53:20.917
grateful to India for.

00:53:20.917 --> 00:53:23.458
Naturally, I think so, too.

00:53:23.458 --> 00:53:27.000
I am proud to have been
born in India.

00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:28.166
Back on the set, please.

00:53:28.166 --> 00:53:30.875
Light \'em up, boys.

00:53:30.875 --> 00:53:32.250
Well, I must go now.

00:53:32.250 --> 00:53:35.208
Goodbye and good luck.

00:53:35.208 --> 00:53:42.917
♪

00:53:42.917 --> 00:53:44.875
In the northeastern
part of India

00:53:44.875 --> 00:53:46.792
is the province
of Bengal.

00:53:46.792 --> 00:53:51.583
Its area is
76,843 square miles.

00:53:51.583 --> 00:53:53.959
Its population,
60 million.

00:53:53.959 --> 00:53:58.333
Let us now visit
a typical town in Bengal.

00:53:58.333 --> 00:54:05.083
♪

00:54:05.083 --> 00:54:06.375
Everywhere you go
in Bengal,

00:54:06.375 --> 00:54:08.125
you\'ll find what
this vendor is making:

00:54:08.125 --> 00:54:12.959
rasgullas, the most famous
of Bengal\'s sweetmeats.

00:54:12.959 --> 00:54:13.417
♪

00:54:13.417 --> 00:54:15.500
And now, we come
to the civic center,

00:54:15.500 --> 00:54:17.000
around which
the life of this town

00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:20.750
and its surrounding
districts revolve.

00:54:20.750 --> 00:54:22.583
The mission house.

00:54:22.583 --> 00:54:24.208
The surgeon\'s house.

00:54:24.208 --> 00:54:26.417
The district
magistrate\'s house.

00:54:26.417 --> 00:54:29.917
At the heart of all
these activities is a man

00:54:29.917 --> 00:54:30.959
in whose care and guidance

00:54:30.959 --> 00:54:33.291
is the welfare of
three million people

00:54:33.291 --> 00:54:35.500
within a radius of 50 miles.

00:54:35.500 --> 00:54:37.375
He is the district officer,

00:54:37.375 --> 00:54:41.667
or as commonly known,
the district magistrate.

00:54:41.667 --> 00:54:42.709
♪

00:54:42.709 --> 00:54:45.667
He looks young to be treated
with much respect,

00:54:45.667 --> 00:54:47.458
but years of study
and training

00:54:47.458 --> 00:54:49.875
have equipped him
with powers of judgment

00:54:49.875 --> 00:54:51.792
and a high sense
of public duty

00:54:51.792 --> 00:54:53.792
for his responsible post.

00:54:53.792 --> 00:54:55.667
Inspecting the villages
in his district

00:54:55.667 --> 00:54:58.041
is an important part
of his work.

00:54:58.041 --> 00:54:58.917
The bullock cart,

00:54:58.917 --> 00:55:00.709
India\'s oldest method
of transport,

00:55:00.709 --> 00:55:03.125
comes in handy
over difficult roads.

00:55:03.125 --> 00:55:04.792
And when the road
peters out,

00:55:04.792 --> 00:55:09.083
there is always
the friendly horse.

00:55:09.083 --> 00:55:16.959
♪

00:55:16.959 --> 00:55:20.041
Arriving at the village,
he is greeted by the elders

00:55:20.041 --> 00:55:22.500
and offered traditional
Indian hospitality.

00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:25.291
His friendly manner
soon wins their confidence,

00:55:25.291 --> 00:55:29.208
and they open
their hearts to him.

00:55:29.208 --> 00:55:30.291
♪

00:55:30.291 --> 00:55:32.667
And now, having gathered
all the reports

00:55:32.667 --> 00:55:33.709
of his subdivisional officers

00:55:33.709 --> 00:55:36.500
as well as his own notes
and recommendations,

00:55:36.500 --> 00:55:37.542
he is ready to report

00:55:37.542 --> 00:55:42.041
to the provincial capital
at Calcutta.

00:55:42.041 --> 00:55:51.208
♪

00:55:51.208 --> 00:55:53.500
(artillery screeching)

00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:55.834
(exploding)

00:55:55.834 --> 00:56:06.083
♪

00:56:07.834 --> 00:56:10.166
To the crash
of the Siegfried march

00:56:10.166 --> 00:56:12.750
they bore their
ugly standards forward

00:56:12.750 --> 00:56:15.750
to the altars
of their ugly faith.

00:56:15.750 --> 00:56:16.917
(shouting)

00:56:16.917 --> 00:56:21.125
Afterwards, that fevered
fanatic, Rudolf Hess,

00:56:21.125 --> 00:56:22.542
called upon
the multitude

00:56:22.542 --> 00:56:26.500
to bow down before
the god of lies.

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:29.667
(speaking in German)

00:56:30.792 --> 00:56:36.000
♪

00:56:36.000 --> 00:56:40.667
To England, citadel
of order and good sense.

00:56:40.667 --> 00:56:41.875
No new thing to England

00:56:41.875 --> 00:56:44.583
were the symbols of might
and splendor,

00:56:44.583 --> 00:56:47.959
daily reminders to her people
of the material power

00:56:47.959 --> 00:56:51.041
which, down the years,
have ensured for England

00:56:51.041 --> 00:56:53.083
the freedom of calm thinking

00:56:53.083 --> 00:56:55.709
and the dignity
of gradual change

00:56:55.709 --> 00:56:59.458
across her gentle landscape.

00:56:59.458 --> 00:57:01.834
♪

00:57:01.834 --> 00:57:03.750
And in every corner
of her empire,

00:57:03.750 --> 00:57:06.583
wherever her subjects
aspire to the freedom

00:57:06.583 --> 00:57:07.417
of self-government,

00:57:07.417 --> 00:57:10.917
Britain held up
this old liberal ideal

00:57:10.917 --> 00:57:14.166
of change by gradual reform.

00:57:14.166 --> 00:57:15.834
♪

00:57:15.834 --> 00:57:16.500
No wonder, then,

00:57:16.500 --> 00:57:19.417
that faced with the swiftly
rising tide of new ideals

00:57:19.417 --> 00:57:21.917
on Indian soil,
she should see herself

00:57:21.917 --> 00:57:24.333
not as a daring leader
of the new,

00:57:24.333 --> 00:57:26.917
but as a stern guardian
of the old,

00:57:26.917 --> 00:57:29.625
obliged to keep
law and order.

00:57:29.625 --> 00:57:32.291
(shouting)

00:57:32.291 --> 00:57:37.166
♪

00:57:37.166 --> 00:57:38.875
There is silent majesty
and grandeur

00:57:38.875 --> 00:57:41.542
in the snow-covered peaks
of the tall mountains

00:57:41.542 --> 00:57:43.333
which brood
over the Kullu Valley

00:57:43.333 --> 00:57:48.458
quiet between the eternal
ranges of the Himalayas.

00:57:48.458 --> 00:57:53.625
♪

00:57:53.625 --> 00:57:55.375
In these hills
there is peace,

00:57:55.375 --> 00:57:59.333
there is beauty,
there is harmony.

00:57:59.333 --> 00:58:01.959
♪

00:58:01.959 --> 00:58:04.208
The men who live among
the hills are men of peace

00:58:04.208 --> 00:58:06.917
in keeping with the place
they live in.

00:58:06.917 --> 00:58:07.917
They worry nobody;

00:58:07.917 --> 00:58:09.083
little worries them.

00:58:09.083 --> 00:58:11.125
They work, and they have
their holidays

00:58:11.125 --> 00:58:14.583
to mark the passage
of the year.

00:58:14.583 --> 00:58:23.375
♪

00:58:23.375 --> 00:58:25.333
But the hillmen\'s year
has been filled

00:58:25.333 --> 00:58:27.500
with new work,
new interests,

00:58:27.500 --> 00:58:30.208
new contacts
with the world below,

00:58:30.208 --> 00:58:31.291
the world at war.

00:58:31.291 --> 00:58:33.166
Tough and used to fighting
for themselves,

00:58:33.166 --> 00:58:35.917
they instinctively know
what people are talking about

00:58:35.917 --> 00:58:38.625
when they talk to them
of soldiering.

00:58:38.625 --> 00:58:40.083
Therefore,
the men of the hills

00:58:40.083 --> 00:58:42.166
not only supply
raw products and food

00:58:42.166 --> 00:58:45.834
to the plains below,
they supply manpower also,

00:58:45.834 --> 00:58:50.250
healthy, strong,
fighting manpower.

00:58:50.250 --> 00:58:52.834
♪

00:58:52.834 --> 00:58:54.875
These versatile
and hearty people

00:58:54.875 --> 00:58:58.083
who have long fought
a battle with unruly nature

00:58:58.083 --> 00:59:03.500
can truly be called
\"hillmen at war.\"

00:59:03.500 --> 00:59:13.750
♪

00:59:32.667 --> 00:59:37.041
In India, there is a region
known as Rajputana

00:59:37.041 --> 00:59:39.291
with many independent states,

00:59:39.291 --> 00:59:40.834
people, by the Rajputs,

00:59:40.834 --> 00:59:43.875
one of the historic
races of India.

00:59:43.875 --> 00:59:46.125
The annals of their history
are a mine

00:59:46.125 --> 00:59:48.875
of futile romance
and gallantry.

00:59:48.875 --> 00:59:51.291
These states are ruled
by dynasties of princes

00:59:51.291 --> 00:59:55.291
who have defied centuries
of foreign domination.

00:59:55.291 --> 00:59:56.458
They are
the most enlightened

00:59:56.458 --> 00:59:59.375
and the most chivalrous
of the princes of India,

00:59:59.375 --> 01:00:03.667
and the British Empire
has no firmer friends.

01:00:03.667 --> 01:00:07.041
Three times a year,
they hold a durbar,

01:00:07.041 --> 01:00:08.291
or state reception,

01:00:08.291 --> 01:00:11.542
beginning with
a colorful procession.

01:00:11.542 --> 01:00:14.917
Under the canopy of
the elephant-drawn coach

01:00:14.917 --> 01:00:16.125
sits the maharajah,

01:00:16.125 --> 01:00:18.917
surrounded by
his most privileged nobles,

01:00:18.917 --> 01:00:24.792
their jewels glittering in
the strong, steady sunlight.

01:00:24.792 --> 01:00:32.583
♪

01:00:32.583 --> 01:00:35.750
Here, the maharajah\'s
bodyguard and his soldiers

01:00:35.750 --> 01:00:36.667
stand at attention.

01:00:36.667 --> 01:00:39.709
for though the Old World
may live in the ceremonial

01:00:39.709 --> 01:00:40.959
of an Indian durbar,

01:00:40.959 --> 01:00:43.375
the armies of the princes
are highly trained

01:00:43.375 --> 01:00:47.125
and equipped with
modern weapons.

01:00:47.125 --> 01:00:51.166
♪

01:00:51.166 --> 01:00:53.417
The maharajah,
in his silken raiment

01:00:53.417 --> 01:00:56.834
gleaming with jewels,
steps down.

01:00:56.834 --> 01:00:59.333
He is greeted by
his ministers and nobles,

01:00:59.333 --> 01:01:05.291
clad in their richest robes
stiff with precious gems.

01:01:05.291 --> 01:01:15.542
♪

01:01:42.625 --> 01:01:45.500
The rigid ceremony
is robbed of monotony

01:01:45.500 --> 01:01:46.333
by the dancing girls

01:01:46.333 --> 01:01:49.917
performing traditional songs
and dances.

01:01:49.917 --> 01:01:51.709
Though each movement
of the dance

01:01:51.709 --> 01:01:53.208
is known to the assembly,

01:01:53.208 --> 01:01:56.166
they are nevertheless
held spellbound.

01:01:56.166 --> 01:01:59.709
For whilst we are only
entertained by something new,

01:01:59.709 --> 01:02:05.083
the Oriental dwells
and delights in the past.

01:02:05.083 --> 01:02:15.333
♪

01:02:42.083 --> 01:02:45.041
Broadcasting House,
Regent Street, London,

01:02:45.041 --> 01:02:47.917
the most cosmopolitan
building in Europe.

01:02:47.917 --> 01:02:50.375
Here, the barriers
of class and creed,

01:02:50.375 --> 01:02:53.917
of sex, age, and race
no longer exist.

01:02:53.917 --> 01:02:56.333
The voice of London
is heard in India,

01:02:56.333 --> 01:03:00.750
but it\'s a group of Indians
who devise the programs.

01:03:00.750 --> 01:03:01.583
This evening, we present

01:03:01.583 --> 01:03:04.583
a completely new
and experimental program.

01:03:04.583 --> 01:03:06.875
Z.A. Bukhari reads his diary.

01:03:06.875 --> 01:03:09.458
He\'s noted for
his penetrating observations

01:03:09.458 --> 01:03:13.834
of life in Britain
and the British people.

01:03:13.834 --> 01:03:15.375
They leave you alone.

01:03:15.375 --> 01:03:17.083
They mind
their own business,

01:03:17.083 --> 01:03:21.417
and they expect you
to mind your own business.

01:03:21.417 --> 01:03:25.041
They remain individuals
even in a crowd.

01:03:25.041 --> 01:03:26.208
Since the battle rationing,

01:03:26.208 --> 01:03:28.583
Hyde Park is one
of my favorite haunts

01:03:28.583 --> 01:03:30.583
on Sunday mornings.

01:03:30.583 --> 01:03:33.375
There are individuals
everywhere.

01:03:33.375 --> 01:03:36.166
They stand apart
from one another.

01:03:36.166 --> 01:03:39.500
You don\'t have to force
your way through them.

01:03:39.500 --> 01:03:40.750
They leave each other alone.

01:03:40.750 --> 01:03:46.083
They laugh, they smile,
they listen, they talk,

01:03:46.083 --> 01:03:48.750
but each one for himself.

01:03:48.750 --> 01:03:51.333
Each one of them
is a little England

01:03:51.333 --> 01:03:54.959
and they all, put together,
make Great Britain.

01:03:54.959 --> 01:03:56.375
\"Help yourself\"
has always been

01:03:56.375 --> 01:03:59.542
a national characteristic
of the British people.

01:03:59.542 --> 01:04:01.875
During the war,
it has been carried

01:04:01.875 --> 01:04:05.083
even further than before.

01:04:05.083 --> 01:04:08.208
You do your own shopping.

01:04:08.208 --> 01:04:11.917
You go through the streets
laden with your load

01:04:11.917 --> 01:04:13.959
and you help yourself.

01:04:13.959 --> 01:04:17.166
One of the reasons, perhaps,
why you carry less luggage

01:04:17.166 --> 01:04:18.583
when you travel by train.

01:04:18.583 --> 01:04:22.917
An attaché case,
your overcoat, your hat--

01:04:22.917 --> 01:04:25.542
No, you wear your hat.

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The 10:24 for Camberley
and Reading

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will leave from platform 21.

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And your fellow travelers
leave you alone.

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No, they\'re not impolite.

01:04:38.875 --> 01:04:39.542
They\'re polite.

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They leave you alone
to read your book.

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Here, let my journey
end for today.

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♪

01:04:49.375 --> 01:04:52.041
(speaking in foreign language)

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There is also a daily news
bulletin in Hindustani.

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(speaking in foreign language)

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Problems of reconstruction
are discussed

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by Sir William Beveridge,
Wickham Steed,

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and Kingsley Martin

01:05:09.458 --> 01:05:12.542
in The Foundations
of Freedom.

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It seems to me
that the basic problem,

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in regard to India,
is how to overcome poverty

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and how to lay the foundation
of Indian prosperity.

01:05:20.333 --> 01:05:24.166
To do that for India,
the three most urgent things

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are to increase the
productivity of agriculture,

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to regulate the birthrate,
and to check the death rate.

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I don\'t see any reason
in the nature of things

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why they shouldn\'t be
successfully tackled.

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Then I\'d like to follow on

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with a unified social
insurance scheme for India,

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and I\'d make that
scheme national

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rather than provincial

01:05:48.875 --> 01:05:51.041
so as to link
the country together.

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Obviously, you will
have to have cooperation

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amongst Indians.

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That is a key note.

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Self-help in India
and helpful goodwill

01:05:58.417 --> 01:06:01.834
on the part of Great Britain
and the British people.

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪

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♪