Pakistan 1953 Reel 6 of 10
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:55
| Film ID | F16-0076 |
| Film Description | Reel 6 of 10 Unedited travelogue Rawalpindi en route to Munel (?) ShotlistReel 6 of 10Unedited travelogue Rawalpindi en route to Munel (?) 1953: Pakistan: Reel 6. Rawalpindi Four delicate towers [Chhatri atop]. Carved facade of a temple or palace building. Other buildings. Cart traffic. Weeding using spade; boy breaking rocks (?) using hammer. Scenery: distant hills, river, terraces [Rice paddies]. People in town in front of stone steps. Probably a wooden balance scale; the scale's pans are wooden frames as large as chairs. Scenery: camels on road, terraces. Sawing wood with two-man saw (?) Man in cloth face-mask. At a well. Front of stone building. Carrying stones or dirt on a litter. Turning wheel to raise well bucket. Pitching hay (?) into carrying sling. Storage building. Houses, probably of the wealthy. Plowing using wooden plow with metal blade, oxen. At a well. Fields; distant views. Broken column. Archaeology Museum(?); stone ruins; sign says: "Sanctuary". Irrigating field from wooden water cart. Hemispherical stone building (storage?)in a complex of low stone walls (ruins?); more ruins; note: stone steps. Town street; water well; stone bowls (?) in a basket. Camels and fields. Jewelry making using hand tools, (out of focus) |
| Video Category | Travelogue |
| Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
| Topics | Pakistan, Rawalpindi, Ruins, Rice cultivation, Mughal architecture |