| Dry Canals | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1649 |
| Catalog #: | 355644 | |
| Clip Number: | 355644-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-049-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:03:25 - 00:04:14 | |
| Location: | Pakistan | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/ASIA: Pakistan | |
| Description: | In Pakistan, a half million acres of Canal Spannage turns to dust as the result of dispute with India over water rights in two rivers that rise in India but feed a seven-canal irrigation system. Man-made miseries inflicting more suffering on a people whose history is a continual story of struggle and strife. The irrigation network in the south of Pakistan. CUS - Water measuring guage in the canal showing how much the water line dropped, MCUS - Farmers gathering in protest because India controls the head waters of Pakistan's - Punjab Plain. MS - Dried up canals. Pakistan people queue up their families and whatever ealse they can carry with their horses attached to carts and wagons. MS - A group of Pakistan farmers and their cattle. MOHS - Cather coming together at a wet and watery spot in a dired up canal. | |
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