| SIKHS WATCH DEATH FAST A Sikh leader fasts to call for a Punjabi speaking state in India. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5847 |
| Catalog #: | 85754 | |
| Clip Number: | 85754-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 61/71 | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:11 - 01:05:36 | |
| Location: | Amritsar, India | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Religious, Misc DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest LOCATIONS/ASIA: India RELIGION: Hindu RELIGION: Pilgrimage | |
| Description: | "India. Sikhs Watch Death Fast". Amritsar, India. GV the Golden Temple with people headed towards the front door. SV Sikhs walking past camera. CU group of Sikhs. CU Sikh. GV mass of women and children watching the event. SV Tara Singh being carried on stretcher past camera. CU sign 'Master Tara Singh Fast Unto Death Enters Into 16th Day'. CU Tara Singh sitting up but looking very weak. SV Yogiraj Suriya Dev, a Hindu Yogi laying on floor with his stomach pushed out. Another man climbs onto his stomach and stands on it balancing. He topples off. SV young Hindus waving. CU Yogiraj Suriya Dev laying down with his stomach pulled in. He pushes his stomach out and the man climbs on again, pan up to the man balancing in crouching position and he lets out a cry. GV exterior of Golden Temple. GV Interior of temple where Tara Singh is laying on a stretcher with two doctors in attendance. SV the doctors taking Tara Singh's pulse and he has a thermometer in his mouth. CU Singh with thermometer in mouth. CU doctor. CU Singh while hand places stethoscope on his chest. | |
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