| MOROCCAN VILLAGE A look at the Moroccan village of Xauen, unchanged for hundreds of years. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6024 |
| Catalog #: | 154036 | |
| Clip Number: | 154036-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 267 | |
| Timecode: | 01:19:39 - 01:21:15 | |
| Location: | Morocco | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | DOMESTIC LIFE: Laundry HABITATS, HUMAN: Rural Village LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Morocco | |
| Description: | MOROCCAN VILLAGE A look at the Moroccan village of Xauen, unchanged for hundreds of years. Various M/Ss and L/Ss of rural country in Morocco, showing a range of mountains. One shot also shows a small village, Xauen, at the foot of the mountains. M/S of a man riding a donkey through the village. He rides past two small children who run beside him, holding out their hands. He throws something (a coin?) to them. M/S of village men sitting and talking together. M/S of village, tilt down to show women washing by a small stream before a stone wall. M/S of the village where a man is driving a donkey through the crowd of villagers. C/U of a young girl carrying a small boy on her back. Various M/Ss and C/Us of women washing clothes in tubs and gossiping; they are wearing quite colourful clothes. M/S of the Calipher (sp? - head man) walking towards the women; as he reaches the group he speaks to some of them. C/U of a woman walking past with a bucket on her head. C/U of two village girls with another woman in the background with a bucket balanced on her head. C/U of the Calipher smiling. This footage looks quite contemporary. The narration concentrates mainly on the fact that life has been the same for nearly 5 centuries in this village, and elements of modernisation such as advertising and television have not taken away the individuality of the area; "no sleepless nights wondering which detergent will ensure that Abdul's burnous is fractionally cleaner and infinitesimally whiter that Ahmmed's". | |
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