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1971-04-05

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VIDEO: INDIA: STREET COLLECTION FOR EAST PAKISTAN. (1971)

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Background: In Delhi on Sunday (4 April) volunteers for a campaign launched by the newspaper Delhi Citizen held a street demonstration to collect money for victims of the fighting in East Pakistan. The volunteers also collected signatures for a blood donating programme.

The volunteers marched in an orderly manner, shouting slogans and chanting patriotic songs. They carried banners and placards calling for support of East Pakistani victims.

SOUND INCLUDES: CHANTING AND SINGING OF THE DEMONSTRATORS, GENERAL STREET NOISES DURING THE CAMPAIGN.