| CAVE FOLK OF TODAY Cave Dwellers in Rural Northwest China | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6778 |
| Catalog #: | 439882 | |
| Clip Number: | 439882-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 245 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | China | |
| Year Shot: | 1932 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Houses, Unusual | |
| Description: | CAVE FOLK OF TODAY People in northwest China living in caves. Story about the Lunghai Railway in China and the cave dwellings of some local people. China LS mules or some similar pack animals carry loads of logs up steep road along cliff or mountain, a few people walk behind them. Shot from back of moving train, looking at track. Train goes into tunnel, comes out other end; pan from tunnel up very tall cliff, as train continues to move away. Another POV from back of train as it crosses bridge over canyon. WS pan over village of houses scattered at foot of cliffs. Pan left, finally in FG a man leans out over edge of steep drop-off, bracing himself on a skinny tree growing up from below. WS Pan on cave openings in wall of cliff; some houses below in FG. MLS family pose in front of cave home. LS man sitting on stool in front of arch-shaped doorway in cliff. MCU same. WS pan over village in valley. | |
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