Iran 1963 Reel 19 of 25
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:58
| Film ID | F16-0245 |
| Film Description | Reel 19 of 25 Unedited travelogue Hamadan Tehran ShotlistCat. Reel 245 1963: Reel 19: IranHamadan. Tehran. April 30. Old inn. Two - story house. Inscription (at Behistun). One - room house. Weaving: crude loom, by hand , apparently not using knots (cu). Village. Stick - slatted window in clay home. Girl applying dung to wall. Musical instruments. Skin on circular frame. Violin. Flute. Drum: double action. Tubular drum. Tribal people on donkeys. Weighing: crude scales, stone weights. Bones in saddle bag. Courtyard. Entrance to underground chamber for animals. Crude horizontal loom for weaving cloth band. Weaving: using hand shuttle. Village wall, towers. Threshing: trampling earth to make a thresing floor. Old Abbas inn. Clay homes. Reed basket: neatly made. Cooking. Threshing "machine": wooden (cu). Millstones: hand operated. Mended wooden shovel. Winnowing grain. High class coffee shops. Kalaku [?] tribe: herdsmen, not owners: tents. Camel saddle. Tent. Felt coat. Spinning scenes: hand held spindles. Cooking milk. People. Tents. |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Hamadan, Tehran, Abbas, Mount Behistun, Behistun inscription |
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