Pakistan 1953 Reel 10 of 10
Category: Travelogue
Length: 13:26
| Film ID | F16-0080 |
| Film Description | Reel 10 of 10 Unedited travelogue returning from Swat Karachi Shotlist1953: Reel 10: Pakistan. Returning from Swat. Karachi.Traffic; people; white village-houses. Flour mill: huge stone wheel, scales, flagstone floor. Old wedge-shaped tower; stone mill (?). Grass shelter; oxen pulling man on sledge over field. People in ferry boat with bundles; crossing Kabul river. Cart traffic in Karachi(?). Carpenter sawing wood (held by feet). British colonial period church, unidentified. Camel hitched to cart. Traffic: bicycle cab, bicycles. Refugee camps (?); shacks by river, flooded streets. Camels and carts. Traffic in Karachi: buses and camels; general street scenes. Turning a wooden mill. Street scenes: goods for sale. Small, delicate octagonal [unidentified] shrine with domes and minarets, Landscaping and paths, building complex. Riverside: sailboats at anchor; dock scenes; mending nets by hand. Squalid housing; possibly [post-Partition] refugee camps. Government buildings (?): square complex, with domes on "stilts." Pouring concrete into mold. Animals in cages: birds, leopard, bear. |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Pakistan, Karachi, Swat, Refugees, Marketplace |
| Rights | All rights are reserved by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum). Any use of the footage in productions is forbidden unless rights have been secured by contacting the Penn Museum Archives at 215-898-8304, or email photos@pennmuseum.org. |