EASTERN MARKET
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 18761).
Synopsis
INTEREST - Travelogue. The film opens with a shot of two men in the Punjab stacking sheaves of wheat (58-70); a farmer sets off to market (81-100); Rawal Pindi from a distance (104-120); firewood cutters loading up wood for the market (128-147); farmers driving in their sheep and cattle (152-163); clothes spread on the bank of a river to dry (173-188); the road into the town (192-213); brush makers sitting at the roadside making brushes out of palm leaves (221-240); the general market (244-260); a stall selling green corn (264-277); stalls selling sugar cane (279-292); rock salt for cattle (298-313); plates and dishes (317-328); ice cream (331-355); medicines (363-373 and 381-404); the grain market (409-425); stalls selling fruit and vegetables (432- 461); merchant loading a camel (468-494); oxen loaded with large bales (499-517); a group of men playing chawter (524-561); a man calling from the minaret (568-586); a Hindu temple (593-610); the Juma Mosque (620-668). The End (681 ft).
Titles
- EASTERN MARKET
- Series Title:
- EMPIRE SERIES
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1928
- Running Time:
- 10 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm Film
- Colour:
- Black/White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 681 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- Great Britain
- Production Company
- British Instructional Films
- Studio
- Regent Studios