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A window on to the bureaucratic world of the Indian Civil Service, showing the work of an Indian magistrate in the province of Bengal.
This film shows the work of an Indian district officer or magistrate in the province of Bengal. It was clearly intended to reassure the audience that an anglicised Indian administration was capable of taking over - the regional governance of the country at least - after the war.
This government film is a public record, preserved and presented by the BFI National Archive on behalf of The National Archives, home to more than 1,000 years of British history.