Afghanistan 1965 Reel 34 of 40
Category: Travelogue
Length: 16:45
| Film ID | F16-0285 |
| Film Description | Reel 34 of 40 Unedited travelogue Bamian Ruska ShotlistReel 34 of 40Unedited travelogue Bamian Ruska Cat. Reel 285 1965: Reel 34: Afghanistan. June 10-12. Bamian. Ruska [?]. Face of Pashtun girl: decorated waist, sleeve (cu). Girls: clothing, ornamentation (cu), Embroidery at girl's school: 6 pieces (cu). Metal vessel for heating tea water. Stove: apparently stone. Mending broken dishes: bow drill, small nails, using foot (cu). Donkey: slit nose to aid breathing. Rock salt for sale: pan scale. Boy cleaning metal vessel in gutter. Old man's face: note nose (cu En-route to Bad-i-Amir: Herd of sheep or goats (ws). Loading a donkey. Donkey train. Millstone, automatic mechanism to feed it grain: dark interior. Village of flat-roofed houses at base of mountain (pan). Outlook tower on hill. Donkey train with loads. Flat-roofed stone mill house, wooden water conduit Nomad camp. Crying baby with fancy hat, decorated vest. Tents. (good cu of baby). Baby with fancy hat. Family home of mud-brick or stone: wall, dome. Brush firewood on roof. Man in blue turban (cu). Stone huts. Small caravan. Large Buddha, small Buddha: in niches in cliff (distant). Open log water conduit (on river). Irrigation: man making channels with pole. Stone houses, brush firewood on roofs. Village panorama: barren mountains, distant snow. Round summer hut. Round hut with skin roof. Panjshir River Gorge Steep cliffs, narrow road, donkey train. River scene (ws). At Ruska [?]: Cantilevered log bridge (distant shot from above). Gardens. Waterfalls. Green patches in barren hills. Earthen wall around a field. Bazaar scenes: goods in stalls on street. En-route to Salang Pass: Camel caravan. Ruin on mountaintop. Flat stone houses on hill: note high walls of homes. Snow shed, snow covered mountains. Concrete snow shed (cu). |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Ruska, Buddhas of Bamiyan, Bamiyan, Textiles, Marketplaces, Bazaars, Pashtuns, Pashtun people |