The speaker was a “displaced person” who had lived for eight years with a village in India; he is meeting with the head villagers to explain what had been done in the 1951 first Five Year Plan that was now ending, of the path at “free” India was leading the people on, and the forthcoming Five Year Plan.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
311300
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Strategic planning
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Village communities - India
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Strategic planning
Documentary → Documentary films - India
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community development - India
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → India - Economic conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → India - Social conditions
History → India - History - Autonomy and independence movements
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)