| India Floods | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1622 |
| Catalog #: | 354340 | |
| Clip Number: | 354340-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 029-078-03 | |
| Timecode: | 00:42:32 - 00:43:10 | |
| Location: | India | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Famine DISASTERS: Floods DISASTERS: Survivors LOCATIONS/ASIA: India | |
| Description: | Devastating floods in the lowlands follow torrential rains. Four rivers overflow, inundating 200,000 acres of crops, and bringing famine to the area. Refugees from 15,000 wrecked homes overtax relief centers. Establishing shot - Houses with straw roofs flooded half way up the frame of the home. MSWA - Low farming area completely flooded, looks like a lake. MS - Children and older people sitting on the ground. MS - Older man sitting with an empty bowl on his lap. MS - Refugees flock to feeding centers. MS - Man with a food scale weighing out rice and a woman receiving her allotment of food. MS - A group of older Indians looking without expression at the camera. MS - More land that's under water. | |
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