Gopher Men Of The Sahara Malmata In The Sahara Is Featured - Women And Children Pose For The Camera Footage

GOPHER MEN OF THE SAHARA Malmata in the Sahara is featured - women and children pose for the camera.
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	Catalog #:	430063
	Clip Number:	430063-1
	Orginal Film:	EP 143
	Timecode:	01:10:43 - 01:14:11
	Location:	Sahara Desert, Africa
	Year Shot:	1930 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	No
	Color:	No
	Headings:	CULTURAL GROUPS: Berber DOMESTIC LIFE: Traditional (Native Cultures) FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Desert, Sahara
	Description:	"Gopher Men of the Sahara." Wide tilt-down shot of desert area w/ some big craters in the sand and also mounds of sand; pan rt.; palm trees scattered here and there, etc. - must be a minor oasis. There are doors leading into the mound part and the craters serve as sort of enclosed courtyards. Next, wide shot similar scene: 3 people and a donkey walking up a road; Shot looking almost straight down at 2 women and 2 small children in one of these crater courtyards; dark doorway in wall behind them leads to interior portion of house. LS girl in dark robe drawing water from well; she pulls up rope tied to a sort of pot or pitcher and pours the water into another container; another girl & small boy stand watching; in BG is a structure of rocks and/or bricks, w/ a perfect arch doorway. Title says "Hold your seats - we're entering the real harem of a desert shiek." Interior shot: woman sits on floor weaving at loom; in the room are 2 wide pillars, the walls seem to be white, and there is an opening which seems to be a closet. MCU 2 women weaving. Another shot of the weavers - they appear as silhouettes in FG; looking through the strands on the loom, one can vaguely see another figure in sunlit BG. MLS 4 women squat on ground spreading some sort of beans or nuts on a cloth or skin; 2 little boys sit watching their mothers. CUs of 4 pretty young women wearing a lot of jewelry. MLS 2 women sit outside a conical structure made of brush or hay w/ a fire burning inside! CU elderly woman wearing big hoop earrings and a striped robe'pan down to her hands turning something on pottery wheel. LS person leading a donkey into a building. MS small boy c. age 3 walks toward cam. carrying a baby goat(?). He sets the animal down. CUs of this very cute kid.