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The National Film Archive of India (NFAI) and Delhi's Armed Forces Films and Photo Division have preserved some rare footage of India's Independence.TOI got to watch the footage comprising several short films on key politicians then. The newsreel cuts to Gandhi's visit to Mohammed Ali Jinnah's house at Malabar Hills in Mumbai amid much media fanfare to negotiate terms to maintain communal unity. I am thankful to the Armed Forces Films and Photo Division and the ministry of defence for extending their help to help save these gems. "Lord Mountbatten with his wife EdwinaJawaharlal Nehru greets people on August 15, 1947N Srikumar, director, Armed Forces Films and Photo Division, said, "The films were handed over to us in 1952, when the Armed Forces for Photo and Films Division was set up. After NFAI contacted us a year ago, we digitised the films and put them in the public domain..