Burma Rice For India (1940-1949)

Calcutta, India. Various shots of a ship arriving to Calcutta dock carrying rice from Burma to help the starving population of Bengal after disastrous famine. Pressmen getting onboard the ship. Various shots of the dock workers unloading sacks of rice from the ship and loading them on trucks. Pressmen leaving the ship. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.