Tunisia 1967 Reel 12 of 52
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:42
| Film ID | F16-0303 |
| Film Description | Reel 12 of 52 Unedited travelogue Tunis ShotlistCat. Reel 303 1967 Reel 12 Tunisia, Tunis. Mar. 8-9.Arch of city gate. Handcrafts for sale at a covered souk: jewelry, rugs, platters, purses. Old guns for sale: firing mechanism (cu). Bronze work for sale. Chiseling design into bronze platter (8fps, cu). Pounding silver inlay into bronze platter (cu). Souk area: narrow street (see K*s notes on souks). Wares: candy and nuts in baskets, tea services. Embroidered wedding vests for men (cu). Souk streets: view from elevation: note ventilation holes, a street under construction. Houses, yards. Minaret. Minarets (distant) Five decorated tiles (cu). Minaret Wooden door with rail design. Grille window. Fish market: octopus for sale (cu). Plucking live chickens. Vegetable and flower markets (vivid cu of flowers). Narrow souk streets. Metal ware for sale: tea services, platters, pans, buckets. Top of minaret (150 mm). People (some underexposed). Knife sharpener: portable foot-treadle grindstone. Tea "garden". Whisk brooms. Baskets. Heavy load carried on back in characteristic manner. Mosque exterior: round domes. Mosque dome interior. Second hand clothes section. Ships at dock at fish market. Nomads filling variously shaped vessels at well: native clothing. Small roadside vegetable market. Nomadic women at ease (several cu). |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Souk, Mosques, Tunis, Marketplaces |
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