1980-1989

Taming of Snows

The Himalayas dominate the northern frontiers of India from Ladakh in the North West to Arunachal in the North East. The Himalayan region has the greatest concentration of snows and glaciers outside the Polar region. Millions of our people live the Himalayan valley. Our soldiers guard the high Himalayan Mountains. The calm and splendour of these mountains can at times be deceptive. With heavy snow fall grows the danger of avalanches. When avalanche strikes, it can spell disaster.

Purushottam Das Tandon

A biographical film is on Purushottam Das Tandon, a fighter for India's freedom and for the cause of peasants. Tandon was inspired by the nationalists such as Gokhale and Tilak. His immediate guru was Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya. Tandon gave up his legal practice and plunged into the freedom movement. As an educationist, Tandon worked hard to spread adult education. He also fought for making Hindi a national language. He was elected President of the Indian National Congress after independence. The nation's greatest honour, the Bharat Ratna was bestowed on him in 1961.

NM0155 : Nam Belgrade to Belgrade

"Belgrade 1961, the first non-alignment summit conference, Yugoslav President Marshal Tito, India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, President Sukarno of Indonesia, President Nasser of Egypt and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana - lay the foundation for the future of the Non- Aligned Movement. The concept of Panchsheel found a clear expression in the non-alignment.

Yeh Zulm Kab Tak

An anti-dowry film stressing the point that marriages must cease to be a matter of arrangement by parents for money. Any young man who demands dowry as a condition of marriage discredits his education and his country. He also dishonours womanhood.

Packaging for Progress

In modern times, packaging does not mean only a pack or a container -tin can, paper carton or glass bottle. It is now widely recognised as a system which involves not only creation and production of apackage formed from a number of materials but a great deal more. The main functions of packaging are to carry, contain, deliver and dispense. It is in the field of creative and cost-effective packaging that the Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) endeavours to play an important role.

NM0081 : Indo-Nepal Ties Strengthened

The five day visit of President G. Zail Singh to the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal.

NM0019 : The Call of The Non - Alligned

This film shows the recent fortnight long foreign tour of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to propagate the message of non- alignment. Mrs. Indira Gandhi went to Nicosia in Cyprus and addressed the House of Representatives there. She went to Athens in Greece and had talks with the Greek Prime Minister Mr. Papandreou. Athens is followed by a stop-over in Paris, where she had a working dinner with the French President Monsieur Francis Mitterand, Onward to New York. Mrs.

NR1799

"1. SOARING INTO SPACE: Sriharikota, the nation prepares to launch an advanced developmental satellite, Pre-launching operations in the presence of the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao and others. (Talkie)
2. THE NATIONAL SCENE: PM VISITS JAMMU & KASHMIR: Mrs. Gandhi at Leh, Kargil and Udhampur. She addresses the defence forces.

Indira Priyadarshini ( L. V. )

A biographical film is covering the life of the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi called her Priyadarshini. Indira Gandhi was profoundly influenced by his father's writing as indicated in this film. She received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest honour.

A Quiet Revolution

A film about the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana which was launched in 1989 with the aim to provide supplementary employment to the rural poor, here is a detailed explanation about how the Central and State Governments would provide necessary funds and implement the scheme in villages.

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