Footage of Kashmir
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1997.7.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Field, William O. (William Osgood), 1904-
setName: label: See more items in
content: William O. Field films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (22 minutes, color silent; 700 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945
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: Footage documents travel in Kashmir, India (and Pakistan?). Included are scenes of river town (probably Kashmiri, capital of Srinagar and the Jhemel River) such as river traffic, house boats moored together, men paddling and poling boats, river taxis or tourboats, houses along river bank, riverside market stalls, street life, horse and buggy as well as automobile traffic, turbaned pedestrians and men pushing loaded cart across bridge. Also included is a pony trek into the Himalayas including scenes of setting up and breaking down camp, crossing snow fields, loading and unloading pack animals, men smoking water pipe, groups of local women and children and views of the mountains.

Legacy Keywords: Boats India Kashmir ; Market India Kashmir ; Bridges India Kashmir ; Pack animals India Kashmir ; Tents India Kashmir ; Smoking tobacco India