BALUCHISTAN

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 18104).

Synopsis

INTEREST Travelogue.

A Baluchistani on a hill top surveying the country (51-56); shots of the country (75-87); the Bolan Pass (95-130); the entrance to the Pass guarded by a man with a donkey (136-160); a band of natives in the Pass going to the market (168-194); a pitched camp of natives (203-224); Kundalini village at the head of the Pass (239-260); two men building a wall of mud (268-285); an ox-cart travelling across a plain (293-312); the road approaching Quetta (320-330); a regiment of native soldiers marching past with a band (337-357); a group of buildings and an open space in Quetta (366); a grain merchants shop near the bazaar (373-385); sieving grain outside the shop (408); a craftsman making bangles (415-438); Baluchistanis sitting on the ground using sewing machines (445-460); a man in the fields ploughing with oxen (468-485); clearing the ground with oxen (468-485); clearing the ground with oxen (514); oxen and camels being loaded (523-544); two chickens loaded on the back of a camel (547-557); the road leading to Afghanistan (565-580); the Kojak Pass (589-596); armed guards on the frontier in the Pass (608-618); the boundary stone between India and Afghanistan (627-637); a sentry on a hill top (650-656) (670ft).

 

Titles

  • BALUCHISTAN
Series Title:
HEART OF ASIA
 

Technical Data

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

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Production Company
British Instructional Films
 

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Production Organisations