KHALAPUR CARPETS
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 737253).
Synopsis
Promotional film for Henry Morgan & Co. Ltd. department store Montreal, Canada. Looks at carpet making in the village of Khamari in Khalapur, India. Includes footage of dying, weaving, ceremonial dancing, winding and setting warp threads, drying wool in the sun, weavers at work at their looms, Canadian buyers' inspection of carpets, packing bales for shipment to Montreal.