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Wheat Cycle

Visualizes without narration the rhythm of life in northern Afghanistan which revolves around the annual wheat cycle and shows the people reaping, threshing, winnowing, and milling the wheat. Depicts an important part of the cycle as being when the landowner shares the grain with the tenant farmers. Records the farmers grinding their share of the wheat into flour and observes the steps which need to be taken to channel the water that runs the gristmill., Examines farming in Afghanistan, showing the cycle of activities from the sowing to the harvesting of the wheat., Examines farming in Afghanistan, showing the cycle of activities from the sowing to the harvesting of the wheat.

Credits

Norman N. Miller (1933–); David Hancock; Toryall Shafaq; Denis Borrow; American Universities Field Staff; University of California (System). Extension Media Center

Copyright

Registered 15Nov74 · MP26471 (Jan-Jun 1975) Copyright holder: American Universities Field Staff, Inc

Complete catalog record
Visualizes without narration the rhythm of life in northern Afghanistan which revolves around the annual wheat cycle and shows the people reaping, threshing, winnowing, and milling the wheat. Depicts an important part of the cycle as being when the landowner shares the grain with the tenant farmers. Records the farmers grinding their share of the wheat into flour and observes the steps which need to be taken to channel the water that runs the gristmill., Examines farming in Afghanistan, showing the cycle of activities from the sowing to the harvesting of the wheat., Examines farming in Afghanistan, showing the cycle of activities from the sowing to the harvesting of the wheat.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, catalog record
  2. BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
  3. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright

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