The Power of Nature: Mississippi Flood 1927
An old silent film produced by the Signal Corps of the Mississippi flood of 1927. From the Prelinger Archives collection, Archive.Org Archive Blurb: Reel 1, flood waters rage through Illinois, carrying houses and debris. Kleinwood, La., is under water. Marooned families, their salvaged possessions, and livestock cling to levees. Sec. of Commerce Hoover meets Red Cross heads. Army troops load equipment on freight cars. Levees are reinforced at Baton Rouge. Coast Guard cutters and miscellaneous craft evacuate people and animals in La. Reel 2, Hoover and Sec. of War Davis inspect flooded areas at Vicksburg and along the River to Natchez. Refugees are inoculated, fed, and given shelter at an Army camp in Louisiana. Shotlist (created in 1936 - not politically correct!) Text in quotes are from intertitles. * indicates excellent footage. REEL 1 00:27 "Early in the spring of 1927 when the streams of the North swollen from melting snows and much rain, began to pour their waters into the Mississippi, it became evident that a new chapter in the history of floods would soon be written." 00:44 "The levees sagged and snapped and the unharnessed waters of the raging Mississippi poured over the land far and wide wreaking distress, misery and death from Illinois to the Delta." 00:61 MS. Fast flowing water, partially submerged houses. Pan up and down stream. 1:23 "The roar of a big crevasse, like the thunder of a rushing railway train, may be heard miles" 1:34 MS. Several torrent shots ...
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Aalor Pipasa - Full Length Bengali Movie by Tarun Majumdar
The Bengali Film Aalor Pipasa was released in the year 1965 starring Basanta Chowdhury, Sandhya Roy, Anup Kumar, Anubha Gupta, Satindra Bhattacharya & Others. The Bengali film is directed by Tarun Majumdar. Hemanta Mukhopadhyay scored the music in the film. The movie narrates the tragic life story of Roshanbai and how she triumphs over the insensitive society. Roshanbai used to visit the bathing ghat every morning where she could hear the prayers of a Brahmin. Roshan fell for him and decided to leave her profession. She wished to start a fresh life with the Brahmin. She showered Sohanlal, the agent with money so that he would free her from the profession. One day Roshan pretending to be a destitute Brahmin girl won the Brahmin's attention and he gave her shelter. She was content with her new life at the Brahmin's place. One day the Brahmin proposed marriage to her. After marriage, Roshan lived happily with the Brahmin though they were extremely poor. One day Sohanlal disclosed Roshan's past to the Brahmin. The Brahmin was shocked at Roshan's deed of treacherously marrying him and left her forever. Sohanlal was successful in his wicked endeavour to take back Roshan for the prostitution business. Roshan tried to commit suicide but stopped herself as she was pregnant and wanted to bring up her child fighting all her adversities. She earned money by continuing her profession to bring up her child. Finally, we get to see that Roshan's son becomes a doctor signaling the victory ...
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Doctor was released on 1940 Bengali film starring Pankaj Mullick, Indu Mukherjee, Bharati Debi, Ahindra Choudhruy, Kanu Bandopadhyay. The Bengali film is directed by Phani Mazumdar. Pankaj Mullick scored the music in the film. The story is as Amaranth comes from a family rooted in tradition. He studies Medicine and holds progressive views. In the some village that he lives in is a girl Maya. Maya was deserted by her finance at the wedding. This becomes reason enough for the villagers to treat her as an untouchable. Her father is on his deathbed. Amaranth, who feels the injustice, promises the dying man that he will look after Maya, on hearing this, Amarnath's father Sitanath decides to marry him off to prevent any liaison with Maya. However, Amarnath insists on marrying Maya and leaves his ancestral home following a quarrel with his father. He vows not to use his family name. He marries Maya and starts practicing as a doctor. Maya gives birth to a son. But she dies in childbirth. Amarnath tries bringing up his son on his own but soon decides to leave the child in Sitanath's care. The child soon grows up to be a young man, wanting to marry a low-caste girl. This is not acceptable to Sitanath. However, after a confrontation, Sitanath agrees to the match. It is on the wedding day that reconciliation takes place between Sitanath and Amarnath. However, the happiness doesn't last long and Amarnath dies having achieved a transformation in his father's views. Visit us at www ...
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Aaj Kaal Parsur Galpo - Full Length Bengali Movie - Nabendu Chatterjee
The Bengali film Aaj Kaal Parsur Galpo was released in the year 1982 starring Niranjan Roy, Mahua Roy Choudhury, Depankar Dey, Alpona Gupta & others. The Bengali film is directed by Nabendu Chatterjee, Nikhil Chattopadhyay scored the music in the film. The story is as Rampada a poor farmer of Bengal stayed with his wife and child. Famine snatched their son and Rampada forced to go city for sake of food and money. In such a situation hoarder, Ghanashyam Das exploited his wife Mukta and put her in mess. All such incidents forced Mukta to live in a red light area. Shankar a great patriot and a social reformer worked hard to change the situation. He belonged to the same village where Rampada and Mukta lived. Shankar took the case and after a huge effort, he was able to put them together. Ghanshyam intervened and tried to disrupt their union. The villagers did not accept that and supported Mukta. After a long battle, Rampada got the chance to meet his wife. At last, they managed to start their new life with the help of Shankar. Visit us at www.angelvideo.in For Regular Updates, Click here at www.youtube.com
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