Afghanistan 1965 Reel 36 of 40

Category: Travelogue

Length: 18:04

Film ID	F16-0287
Film Description	Reel 36 of 40 Unedited travelogue Kunduz Khulm Samangan Shotlist Reel 36 of 40 Unedited travelogue Kunduz Khulm Samangan Cat. Reel 287 1965: Reel 36: Afghanistan. June 14-16. Kunduz. Kholm. Samangan. Takhte Rustam Uzbek camp at base of mountain (pan shot). Circular wooden framework for top of yurt (cu). Yurt poles, side lattice, felt blankets. Yurts on plain ( pan.). Camping gear: blankets, dishes. Sheep tied to stakes (mcu). Yurt: lattice work bottom; A dog (mcu). Yurts. Tribesmen (cu). Uzbek plowing: wooden ox-pulled plow. Ruin, hut on hill. Ruins of Takhte Rustam: A Buddhist monastery renamed after the Achaemenid Persian King Stumps of palace pillars. Steps to palace. Cut stone base of pillar. Stonewall (cu). Site of throne. Base of pillar: square hole for dowel pin (cu). Flat stones: once a floor. Wall details. Base of pillar. Ruins, wall: general view: note "escape hole" in ruins (distant ws). Farming area: general view. Old man on mule. Loaded trucks: one on left carries matches from Russia. Harvesting wheat: stones hold sheaves in place. Farmer: heavy coat to keep him cool. String holds cap in place(cu). Man in turban (cu. 5 seconds are opaque). Foot-hold in a wall. Carved stone building with moat. Basin to catch water. Climbing a rounded wall using toeholds. Stone buildings within moat. Village at mountain base: stone or adobe houses, flat roofs. Water conduit: split log. Village: walls, rooftops (en-route to Mazar-i-Sharif from Samangan). Tangi Sayad [?] (Hunter's Gorge): red rock formation. In Kholm: Skin water bags for sale (mcu). Millstones for sale (made elsewhere). Pot making: the liner for an open vessel for baking bread (very complete sequence). Potter walking on clay to form flat sidewall of baking pot. Potter sprinkling sand, compacting it with round tool. Rolling up "blanket" sidewall, lifting to a vertical position, unrolling it (cu). Compacting the walls the now vertical "blanket" liner, using wooden paddle (cu). Narrowing the top opening using paddle (cu). Forming rim from clay coil (cu). Potter's tools (xcu). Completed wall liners for baking pots. Making clay vessel: a finished pot is used to shape bottom of pot in progress. Hand tools. Forming inside base of pot using wooden pestle. Making clay handle for vessel by hand. Vessel for sale. Camel herd on plain (ws). Shrine (at Mazar-i-Shrif): general view.
Video Category	Travelogue
Film Creator	Watson Kintner
Topics	Kunduz, Kholm, Samangan, Uzbek people, Uzbekis, Yurts, Nomads, Takhte Rustam, Ruins, Archaeological sites, Pottery, Ceramics