Pakistan 1953 Reel 5 of 10
Category: Travelogue
Length: 18:01
| Film ID | F16-0075 |
| Film Description | Reel 5 of 10 Unedited travelogue en route to Rawalpindi ShotlistReel 5 of 10Unedited travelogue en route to Rawalpindi 1953: Reel 5: Pakistan. En route to Rawalpindi. White towers; open balustrade. Nomads; grass huts in distance; ocean (?). Rawalpindi: elaborate architecture, almost baroque. Street scenes; buildings, pottery for sale. Weaving: horizontal loom. Circular wooden construction, resembles unfinished vat. White towers and domes; palace compound (?). Nomad[or post-Partition refugee] camp: skin and stick shelters, food cooking. Winding thread or yarn (around foot) and very brief scenes of weaving a mat. Hand-held spindle. Town scenes: food and pottery for sale, [making paan], cooking, [making puri], weighing, selling, etc. Riverside from above; washing clothes. Shaving a man's head. Market; nutcracker held by foot and hand; boys in a circle pounding metal for a dish (?); skin bellows. Loom in operation: note foot treadles. Street scenes: palace (?) in distance; goods for sale, drying textiles [possibly saris]. Close-up of savory dishes and wind chimes. Man wrapping turban after touching pool in courtyard. Old Fort (outside of Rawalpindi). (Stone ruins) People at a well; rope-pull, jugs on heads. Palace or temple building. Small roasted meats on grill (?) |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Pakistan, Rawalpinidi, Weaving, Marketplaces |
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