India - Vajpayee visits nuclear test zone

(20 May 1998) T/I: 10:46:32


Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee visits nuclear test zone. Nearby villages demonstrate their support for the Prime Minister.

SHOWS:

POKHRAN, RAJASTHAN, INDIA 20/05
CU sign SHAKTI 98,
WS blast site,
CU Indian flag at test site,
VS soldiers at site,
High shot of test site,
Damaged army barracks at site;
Large crater at site,
VS army personnel looking at the cracks formed in the ground,
WS soldiers standing in front of old, derelict barracks;
Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee motorcade arriving,
Prime Minister arriving at nuclear test zone,
Vajpayee flanked by Defence Minister George Fernandes and scientist Dr Abdul Kalaam of the Indian Nuclear programme,
PU Vajpayee looking down the crater,
Prime Minister waving to press,
VS Vajpayee inspecting crater;
Vajpayee leaving,
Group of villagers shouting pro-Vajpayee slogans;
SOT villager seeking compensation (in Hindi): "We are very proud of the nuclear tests but we had thought that we would meet Vajpayee to tell him that we need to be compensated for some of the damage to our village but he didn't meet us";
MS village women with banner in English "We are proud of Nuclear tests" shouting slogans "Vajpayee - meet our demands";
MS soldier smiling as he pushes back enthusiastic villagers,
VS soldiers and villagers.

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