Reel 10 Istanbul - Turkey / India - New Delhi / Kashmir - Mr. Butt & Family ( 3 films )

Duration: 400 ft.

Year Published: 1956

Complete Record: Opening scene appears to be a monumental historical site , a close - up of an obelisk in the courtyard. Dark moody shot of a child walking by holding a paper ... the camera pans to the inside courtyard revealing ( appears to be ) a four tiered rotunda. the camera pans back to the open bay system of archways that line this structure. camera moves from one spire down the walkways and up another spire, cut to two men in a row boat. cut to a cityscape with people walking across a bridge, a person carrying a woven basket on their shoulders, a donkey with woven baskets tide on it’s side , and cars crossing the bridge scene has a massive / colossal arch monument that appears to be the entryway to a historical site. Sweeping trees line the walkway leading to another Indian architectural building that has massive angular archways and rotundas. cut to several Indian women walking towards a monument in long colorful traditional dress. long shot of scene with camera panning across the site trees with backlighting , children and people walking around , cut to a boy at a campsite with cattle , bicycle , smoke from fire ... lot of cattle and workers. a man driving a motorbike driven carriage. a monumental site, people approaching ... an aerial shot of the scene shows some type of ceremony going on. aerial shot of the landscape... indigenous people. soft lit building ... somewhat dark scene of people entering .. the light cascades down upon the crowd wide shot of a boy shining a mans shoe. people being served at an outdoor table, servants in Indian dress. the scene is nicely lit. the subjects are clearly in foreground ... little out of focus ... there is depth in shadows behind the subjects. servants are trimming the men’s hair at the table and shaving their face with a straight blade razor the camera pans across teal colored house that appears to be servants quarters, there is a massive mountain in the distance behind the houses cut to scene of boys riding horses... two boys approach on their horses ... medium shot of scene ... the camera pans along with the horses as they pass the camera close - up of man and woman in carriage laughing shot looking out through columns of a walkway almost silhouetted against courtyard background with a pine tree Indian man playing a smoking out of hooka type pot and leaning against a tree ... a beautiful medium shot representing the people of this culture ... on a river... passing a rickety wooden houseboat is a group of people on a boat ... shows some old wooden huts with tree bound log roofs as they pass on the river. a scenic waterfall at a historical site ... cut to group of children dressed in shabby clothes ... appearing to be happy for the camera, cut to groups of many Indian people in beautiful traditional dress ... medium shot of two boys in front of a wall in a city street... a little girl holding her doll.