| ROUND THE WORLD - No 7 Elephants are used to move rocks as a road is built in Ceylon. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6914 |
| Catalog #: | 501848 | |
| Clip Number: | 501848-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PSP 783 | |
| Timecode: | 01:17:37 - 01:19:52 | |
| Location: | Ceylon, Sri Lanka. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Working Animals ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Elephants CONSTRUCTION: Roads & Highways LOCATIONS/ASIA: Sri Lanka (Ceylon) | |
| Description: | "This week we call at Ceylon and see the world's strangest road gang." Ceylon, Sri Lanka. Working elephants are featured. Narrator tells us that they "do heavy work with amazing intelligence and ease." They are assisting the locals to build a road. The elephants are being forced to move large blocks of rock. The rocks have chains wrapped around them and the elephants lift them by mouth. Now seems rather cruel. Trainers sit on their backs holding large sticks - presumably to persuade the elephants to work. Various shots of the elephants moving the blocks for the road builders. | |
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