Afghanistan 1965 Reel 32 of 40

Category: Travelogue

Length: 18:01

Film ID	F16-0283
Film Description	Reel 32 of 40 Unedited travelogue Kabul Bamian Zohak (Red City) Shotlist Kabul. Bamian. [Bamyan] Zohak (Red City). Stone house on hill (en-route, Kabul to Bamyan). Stone house (pan shot). Tribal encampment (ws, pan). Tents, camels, miscellaneous equipment. Nomads on road: various items on camel (cu). Children on donkeys. Child on camel, mountain vegetation. Tea and other shops under skin canopies (probably at Chardah Ghorband). "Falls" at head of former irrigation sluice gate. Hills, distant snow. Log bridge, telephone line. Zohak City [Shahr i Zohak] (the Red City destroyed by Ghengis Kahn Water system. Note steep wall, fortress. Turrets, walls (100 mm). Red City skyline: ruins (100 mm). Masonry structure on mountainside, city in background. Ruins of fortress. Turrets, cave entrance, guard tower. Cobblestones in masonry: layers of cobblestones. Caves (in which lived victims of Ghengis Khan's attack): Bamyan Buddha visible in distance). Donkeys carrying stones. "Buddha Cliff" caves: view from hotel (panshot) (see K's notes on "large" and "small" Buddhas). Great stone-carved Buddha. Holes in statue for "cloak" (which was to have been made of clay). Large square holes for lamp. Folds of cloak cut from solid rock: note patches of plaster. Upper robe, chest, shoulders (xcu). Foot (at least 30 feet long) (xcu). Conglomerate rock (xcu). Buddha's left foot: plaster covering, "straw" filler (xcu). Buddhist Temple: interior (8fps): Chiseled rock seat covered with "straw" plaster. Dark hole: note "rib" work. Fresco seen through hole in fresco wall. Fresco paintings: one of Buddha fairly distinct. Caves in direction of smaller Buddha. Fresco in small dug-out arch. Sooty, darkened cave. Making pottery: version of coil method, using kick wheel.
Video Category	Travelogue
Film Creator	Watson Kintner
Topics	Afghanistan, Kabul, Bamyan, Zohak (Red City), Buddhism, Buddhist sculpture, Ruins