Salt Mines (1943)

Salt mines. Punjab, India. Camera pans across salt mines at Punjab, the miners go down into the pit. Interior shots as they mine the rock salt, M/S of stalactites hanging down. The lumps of salt are loaded onto trucks and taken to depot on trains. A conveyor belt tips the salt into the wagons. Various shots as the salt is packed onto trains. 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), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.