Afghanistan Home Movies

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1967

Complete Record: A wide shot of a town down in the valley. Shots of people walking through a street in Afghanistan. Shots of trucks driving through the street. Close up shots of a camel and a donkey. Shots of people by a ruin. Tracking shot from a car driving through the city and countryside. A wide shot of people living in tents. tracking shot of a village in the mountains. Shots of people gathering to see a horse race in the desert. Shots of a town and camels transporting hays. Tracking shots from a car driving through mountain road. Various wide still shots of mountains. Wide and close up shots of Buddhas of Bamiyan, Hazarajat, central Afghanistan. Various shots of small man-made caves on the cliff. Tracking shots of mountain roads and tunnels from a car. A shot of a sign ‘Frontier of Pakistan. Travelers are not permitted to pass this notice unless they have compiled with the passport regulations’. Lines of donkeys carrying big luggage. A close up shot of a sign ‘Turkham 5 miles, Kabul 145 miles’. Various shots of traditional houses in front of a modern building. Close up of goods sold at a market. Wide and close up shots of people sitting outside. Close up shots of men baking naans outside and a man cooking inside a house. A shot of black cow on the street. Tracking shots from a car driving through the mountain. Wide and medium shots of Khyber Pass, a mountain pass linking Afghanistan and Pakistan. Various shots of people on the street. Shots of busy street and temples. Various shots of back alley and market. Close up shots of people on the street. Shots of people buying fruits on steelyards. A close up shot of a beautifully decorated head of a horse. Shots of men collecting wood next to their houses. Shots of men shaping metals for guns.