Moulvi Fazlul Haq, Fodder Commissioner of the Punjab. Dr. Riaz also shot black and white footage of animals and people starving in Hissar, but this nitrate film has unfortunately disintegrated. The famine situation, precarious under colonial rule, worsened in World War II. Millions died in Bengal. The Hissar Famine of 1939-40 hundreds of miles away in arid eastern Punjab was smaller and is barely recorded.
This piece was shot under the auspices of Moulvi Fazlul Haq, Fodder Commissioner of the Punjab. Dr. Riaz also shot black and white footage of animals and people starving in Hissar, but this nitrate film has unfortunately disintegrated.
| Hissar Famine 1939 Shot List | |
| 1 | C.C. Garbett listening to villager. |
| 2 | C.C. Garbett talking. |
| 3 | Hissar villagers listening to C.C. Garbett. |
| 4 | C.C. Garbett making speech. [Partially visible banner honors Pir Ahsanuddin, local political leader]. |
| 5 | C.C. Garbett finishing speech. |
| 6 | C.C. Garbett examining decoration on soldier. |
| 7 | C.C. Garbett departing. |