EASTERN MARKET

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 18761).

Synopsis

INTEREST - Travelogue. The film opens with a shot of two men in the Punjab stacking sheaves of wheat (58-70); a farmer sets off to market (81-100); Rawal Pindi from a distance (104-120); firewood cutters loading up wood for the market (128-147); farmers driving in their sheep and cattle (152-163); clothes spread on the bank of a river to dry (173-188); the road into the town (192-213); brush makers sitting at the roadside making brushes out of palm leaves (221-240); the general market (244-260); a stall selling green corn (264-277); stalls selling sugar cane (279-292); rock salt for cattle (298-313); plates and dishes (317-328); ice cream (331-355); medicines (363-373 and 381-404); the grain market (409-425); stalls selling fruit and vegetables (432- 461); merchant loading a camel (468-494); oxen loaded with large bales (499-517); a group of men playing chawter (524-561); a man calling from the minaret (568-586); a Hindu temple (593-610); the Juma Mosque (620-668). The End (681 ft).

 

Titles

  • EASTERN MARKET
Series Title:
EMPIRE SERIES
 

Technical Data

Year:
1928
Running Time:
10 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
681 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Production Company
British Instructional Films
Studio
Regent Studios
 

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