News in Colour: India Fights Drought

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2300
Date Released
2 Jul 1973
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Section Title
News in Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: India Fights Drought - News in Colour. DESCRIPTION: Drought in India. Desilting Pushkar Lake, to collect water, when the rains come. SHOTLIST: GV dried up lake. SV dried up and cracked ground. GV drought area with water buffalo in search of water. GV dried up agricultural land. SV pan bullock cart with water tanker going through city area. LV local residents in town of Beawar receiving water rations. SV filling bucket with water. SV women with pitchers on head waiting for water. SV women having filled with water. SV 2 young lads filling empty petrol can with water. GV pan dried up Pushkar Lake. SV workers arriving in truck to help in clearing the silt from the dried up lake bed. SV family, husband, wife & daughter removing silt and loading donkeys. CU small girl (daughter). LV line of men digging out the silt. GV women emptying pans of silt into truck. SV woman carrying pans of silt on their heads. GV workers including women receive water by drinking from palm of hand. GV one woman receive drinks from palm of hand while others wait their turn. CU ditto. SV more women workers carrying pans of silt on their heads. LV mass of workers digging and clearing silt, zoom out to big GV of workers.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Weather; Domestic life; Accidents and disasters
Locations
India; Beawar
Card file number
99169
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Mohan Parkash
Length of story (in feet)
194
Story extras:
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'News in Colour: India Fights Drought', British Movietone News Issue No. 2300, 2 Jul 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29954 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)