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Some Glimpses of Rural Life in China (1938) Pt 1 of 2

Reel Number: 220669-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1938

Country: China

Location: Asia,Shantung

TC Begins: 20:24:20

TC Ends: 20:32:52

Duration: 00:08:32

1938 - Rural Life in China Pt. 1 of 2 Cotton field - cutting beans - agriculture pre mechanization. Poor people gleaning spilt beans. Farmer carrying huge bales on pole over shoulders. Donkey used to pull grinder. The communal village grinding wheel. Threshing wheat by hand. Plowing field w/ oxen. Local woman gathering fuel. Natives wash clothes in river. Man repairing warp for weaving - cottage industry. Family drinking tea, old man smoking pipe. Brick making - mud bricks left to dry. Donkeys laden with goods. 20:31:39 Two young girls with bound feet finding it difficult to walk. Men collecting sacks of flour. Poverty; Agriculture; Farming; 1938; Asia;

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