East Pakistan Disaster

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2163A
Date Released
19 Nov 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: East Pakistan Disaster. DESCRIPTION: The scale of the latest disaster to hit East Pakistan is not yet known. But it’s feared that up to 250,000 people may have died following the cyclone and tidal wave which all but obliterated some islands on the Bengal coast. The area has long been the target for cyclones and floods. We show film of the devastation following a hurricane in 1965. SHOTLIST: GV flooded fields. 2 shots flooded huts. GV interior ditto. SV exterior ditto & 2 men sitting outside. LV old man collapsed by makeshift shelter. GV 3 shots huts half under water. SV boy on raft with boats. SV man driving oxen through water. SCU man & child floating in large bowl. GV 2 shots huts half submerged. SV interior with people. LV woman enters hut. CU tins of food. LV people gathered around Red Cross station. CU small boy drinking. CU case of supplies, pan up to Red X members. CU small boy is given food. SV man having hand bandaged. CU hand being bandaged. LV pan group of refugees.
Keywords
Organisations; Buildings and structures; Health and medicine; Weather; Environment; Foreign aid; Displaced persons; Accidents and disasters; Animals
Locations
East Pakistan
Footage sources
Library
Card file number
96549A
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
92
Story extras:
Film clip

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'East Pakistan Disaster', British Movietone News Issue No. 2163A, 19 Nov 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28578 (Accessed 07 Feb 2025)