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Italian Somalia - Village Life & People ca 1935

Reel Number: 221595-40

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1935,1936

Country: Somalia

Location:

TC Begins: 03:11:05

TC Ends: 03:16:30

Duration: 00:05:25

Italian Somalia - Village Life & People ca 1935 View from water w/ buildings on African hillside; docks, rowboats on water. 03:11:25 POV from rear of car w/ smiling kids running after along street of houses (?). 03:11:29 Camel train w/ burlap bags following. 03:11:37 Natives in turbans pouring from jugs. Mosque w/ cliffs behind. Men eating from communal plate. Smoking hookah. 03:11:57 POV along road w/ town in valley. Multiple shots. 03:12:26 Ocean waves on coastline, coastal road visible. View of ships in harbor from hilltop. Camel train up road. 03:13:04 Women in Burkhas past front of houses. 03:13:19 CU Camel chewing cub. Camel pulling water wagon; man delivering water. CU men eating. Man smoking hookah w/ small boys at his feet. 03:14:09 Village street w/ kids running to camera. Women in Burkhas following. 03:14:21 Narrow desert canyon from bottom. Trail on canyon wall w/ men seen. View of various brick & concrete ditches. 03:15:00 Camel & water wagon w/ adobe brick yard behind. CU ethnic faces; kids; man at well; boys posing. 03:15:44 Man w/ camel & water wagon. Town street w/ market stalls. Man w/ jugs. Kids looking at bowls of seeds & ?? 03:16:17 Pan w/ silhouetted man riding camel along flat road from low angle. Italo-Ethiopian War; Northeast Africa; 1930s; Islam; Moslems; Cultures; Ethnic Daily Life; NOTE: Some related shots scattered thruout reel.

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