Al Lahabad - 400 Killed In Stampede (1954)

Al Lahabad, River Ganges, India. GV & LV pilgrims on banks of Ganges ’River of Death’. SV pilgrims arriving for dip in sacred waters of Ganges. SCU pilgrims arriving with belongings. LV crowded river bank. SCU Sadhus outside tents. GV ’River of Death’ with pilgrims on bank. STV Sadhus on way to river. GV crowd at river’s edge. Some bathing. LV, SV & CU location of tragedy. Pilgrims looking at belongings of victims. STV bather holding pipe. SV priest performing service for dead. SV pilgrims leaving. GV other pilgrims arriving at station. (.) (Title H.) 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), Bri