পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড).pdf/৭৭৬

740 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ ষষ্ঠ খণ্ড শিরোনাম ংবাদপত্র তারিখ Man-Made Bangladesh 3 December, 1971 Disaster Vol. 1 : No. 14 Commentary MAN-MADE DISASTER The first comprehensive film report on the "Man-Made Disaster" in Bangladesh was presented on the NBC network monthly program "Chronolog" on November 26. The documentary was written, produced, directed and narrated by Bob Rogers, who spent nearly two months in Bangladesh and in the refugee camps in India. Rogers made several clandestine entries in to occupied Bangladesh to obtain the exclusive film report on Mukti Bahini operations. The NBC party spent four days with the large group of Bengali guerrillas which controls a sizeable area of Bangladesh. On a separate trip to occupied Bangladesh the NBC film crew managed to film Bengali villages that had been freshly destroyed by the West Pakistan army. Plashes of the continuing West Pakistan army atrocities and assault on Bengali women were seen from time to time during the narrative. Some of the sequences depicted life in Bengali refugee camps in India. Rogers who has successfully produced highly acclaimed film reports on many violent episodes during the last ten years said in his commentary on the events in Bangladesh. "This is the most gruesome situation I have encountered. And the saddest part is that the world seems to be just sitting back and letting it happen." Commenting on the documentary, the Washington Post said November 27, "masterfully filmed...in such uncompromising details that it required a strong constitution-both physical and moral to keep with it" Indeed the film was excellent. It exhibited the technological sophistry of the American communication media, particularly the creative mind of the NBC crew. We congratulate Bob Rogers, members of team and the NBC network for sponsoring the program to help alleviate the tragedy which continues to occur daily in Bangladesh.