Pakistan 1953 Reel 4 of 10
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:10
| Film ID | F16-0074 |
| Film Description | Reel 4 of 10 Unedited travelogue Lahore en route to Rawalpindi ShotlistReel 4 of 10Unedited travelogue Lahore en route to Rawalpindi 1953: Reel 4: Pakistan. Lahore. En route to Rawalpindi. Metalworking: copper, using hand tools, skin-bag bellows. Straightening bamboo using wooden, hand-cranked machine. Polishing a bowl with automatic machine. Zoo scenes. Open furnaces; the operation may be metalworking, or drawing wire, or "making glass canes". People; note: women's ornaments. Huts, stone troughs, cow dung for cooking. Woman spinning using portable wooden wheel. Preparing food around hot stove. Grounds, canal, pavilions, buildings. Weaving large rug on crude-loom. Spindle or reel revolving in stone socket. (rug weaving) Street scenes; hand-operated, wooden ferris wheel for children. Preparing fancy dish of food. Street scenes; woman weaving; wicker (?) cots, wicker (?) cages for sale. Bow lathe. Washing clothes at river by beating them. Nomad camp; note: shelters with frames of arched sticks. Plowing in rice fields; note: man using oxen to pull plow. Camel caravan in a storm. |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Pakistan, Lahore, Camel caravans |
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