Aid for Pakistan

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2164A
Date Released
26 Nov 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Aid for Pakistan. DESCRIPTION: At last, relief supplies are reaching the victims of the East Pakistan flood disaster. Britain’s mounted the biggest disaster aid programme in recent times and has already contributed nearly a million pounds for relief. Perhaps the biggest tragedy is the time it’s taken for the supplies to get there, when with a little more international co-operation thousands could have been saved. SHOTLIST: GV supply plane of the RAF taxiing. GV supplies being unloaded at Pakistani airfield. SV, GB LV ditto. GV interior aircraft ready for supply drop. SV man stocking blankets. CU man SV pile of blankets dropped out of plane. SCU man with head phones. CU blankets being piled up. SV blankets thrown out of plane. A to G blankets fall through sky. BV thrown out A to G blankets fall through sky.
Keywords
Aviation; Foreign aid; Displaced persons; Accidents and disasters; Military
Locations
East Pakistan
Footage sources
Pakistan
Card file number
96566
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Aid for Pakistan', British Movietone News Issue No. 2164A, 26 Nov 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28589 (Accessed 07 Feb 2025)