Afghanistan
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1991.21.3
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Explorers Club
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content: Explorers Club films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (49 minutes, color sound; 1764 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1959
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film by Weir McDonald documents a hunting expedition sponsored by the Explorers Club to kill Marco Polo sheep. Footage includes: hilltop forts, Afghanis carrying firearms near the Khyber Pass; roadside teahouses, street vendors, and men smoking in the streets near Kabul and street scenes in Kabul; nomadic Tadzhiks camel caravans moving to lower elevations near Salang Pass tunnel; planting rice in Faizabad; Oxus River (Amu Darya River) near the Chinese border; cave homes in Bamian; blue/green pottery in Istalif; and hunting sheep.