Taming the Sutlej

India, 1954

Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

The Bhakra-Nangal Project designed to provide a year-round supply of water for irrigation and hydro-electric power for homes and industry, consists of two dams across the Sutlej, one at Bhakra, the other at Nangal. This film records the work done by men and machines in an effort to complete the job before the specified date.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

M. Bhavnani

production company

Documentary Films of India

director

Ravi Prakash

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places

India

Production dates

1954

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010585

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Dams

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Dams - Design and Construction

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - India

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Water-power

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rivers - India

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Dams

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Irrigation water

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rivers - India

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water-power

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Dams

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Hydroelectric power plants

Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water-power

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - India

Short films

Short films → Short films - India

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/73501--taming-the-sutlej/ |title=Taming the Sutlej |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=5 December 2022 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}