Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sikhs Trek from Pakistan

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
959A
Date Released
23 Oct 1947
Date submitted
21 Oct 1947
Date submitted
20 Oct 1947
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Refugee Population Exchange. DESCRIPTION: As the population continues to move between India and Pakistan, Sikhs make the trip to Amritsar. American doctors have been inoculating them against cholera. SHOTLIST: KS Bullock carts trek along track in countryside. Various shots of bullock carts in convoy passing along tracks, fully laden with Sikhs’ belongings, also donkeys. Elevated shot passing over Ravi River. Shots of types of carts as they pass camera. American doctors injecting Sikhs against cholera, several shots grown-ups and children being injected. Dead Sikhs being placed in communal grave, body taken off stretcher. Various shots Sikhs on trek across country.
Keywords
Health and medicine
Locations
Pakistan; Lahore Road
Footage sources
Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer
Card file number
49330
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sikhs Trek from Pakistan', British Movietone News Issue No. 959A, 23 Oct 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14732 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)