Grain for Indian Famine Areas

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1152A
Date Released
5 Jul 1951
Date submitted
2 Jul 1951
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Grain for Indian Famine Areas. DESCRIPTION: Mrs Pandit, the Indian Ambassador, was in Philadelphia to see grain being shipped to India. Meanwhile, her brother Mr Nehru, India’s Prime Minister, has been visiting Bihar to see how things are going in the famine areas. Help is on the way and grain-ships from many lands have been unloading in Calcutta. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU of grain coming out of hydraulic elevators. Several close-ups of grain in hold of ship at Philadelphia. Mrs Pandit watching same. CU grain through fingers of person. At Bihar, Pandit Nehru gets out of plane, crowds seated on grass covering head from sun. Nehru through crowds. Native labour working on building of a canal. Aerial of flooded areas. Trains packed with natives evacuating, overcrowded trains. At Patna, GV granary. At Calcutta, unloading ship of various countries, American, Russian, British, various shots of unloading. Native labour working very hard on the cargoes.
Keywords
Politics and government; Ships and boats; Food and cooking; Weather; Aviation; Railways; Industry and manufacture; Foreign aid; Displaced persons; Accidents and disasters; Engineering
Locations
Philadelphia; India
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
55671
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Pat Mohan
Length of story (in feet)
117
Story extras:
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'Grain for Indian Famine Areas', British Movietone News Issue No. 1152A, 5 Jul 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17222 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)