| SALT MINES Item showing salt being mined and packed in Punjab, India. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7068 |
| Catalog #: | 511066 | |
| Clip Number: | 511066-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 394 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:23 - 01:25:01 | |
| Location: | Punjab, India | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural INDUSTRY/MINING: Salt INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Imperialism LOCATIONS/ASIA: India | |
| Description: | SALT MINES Item showing salt being mined and packed in Punjab, India. Punjab, India. Camera pans across salt mines at Punjab, the miners go down into the pit. Interior shots as they mine the rock salt, M/S of stalactites hanging down. The lumps of salt are loaded onto trucks and taken to depot on trains. A conveyor belt tips the salt into the wagons. Various shots as the salt is packed onto trains. The men working in the mines are Indian. They are all bare-chested & wear traditional clothes. | |
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