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 |
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