PAKISTAN: CYCLONE DEVASTATION AT BHOLA, HATIA AND SANDWIP OF BARISAL DISTRICT IN EAST PAKISTAN.

Record ID: 872743

  • Title: PAKISTAN: CYCLONE DEVASTATION AT BHOLA, HATIA AND SANDWIP OF BARISAL DISTRICT IN EAST PAKISTAN.
  • Date: 1st January 1970
  • Summary: U.S.A. Army Helicopter taking off from Dacca Airport with relief goods. Aerial shots of different villages of Bhola Division, Number of dead bodies lying on Paddy fields, river bank and shore at Bay of Bengal. Shots of dead bodies, cattle, infants, women. Shots of people searching their relatives among dead bodies. Shots of 3 women in Banana Plant. Shots of damaged trees. Shots of Damaged houses. Shots of decomposed dead bodies of human being. ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN AIRCRAFTS WITH RELIEF MATERIALS. Norway Airways Plane landing at Dacca Airport with releif goods. Foreign Journalists are reporting with three cameramen. Unloading of relief goods from the Plane. British aircraft approaching Dacca Airport. Off loading the relief goods. Trunks of relief goods. Shots taken from different angles. Initials Available on Beta Nx 202 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 16th January 1970 13:00
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  • Location: EAST PAKISTAN
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  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Disasters
  • Reuters ID: LVA9YCMQHG8PIBKIK20L6GNA8023
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  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2014. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
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