Location: Basra,Beled Ruz,Mandali,Mesapotamia,Middle East
TC Begins: 23:46:21
TC Ends: 23:57:04
Duration: 00:10:43
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1920s - Commerce, Agricultural, Iraq: Date Cultivation, Harvesting, Transportation & Propagation
Intertitle, re pruning old leaf stubs prior to date harvest at Beled Ruz. Native trimming leaves near bunches of dates. Intertitle. Native climbing tree w/ small woven bag / basket & collecting dates for immediate eating. Climbing down.
23:48:18 Intertitle: re oasis of Mandali on Persian border.
23:48:37 Pan mud walled entrance to village & date palm garden.
23:49:15 Intertitle: “Transporting dates from garden to village, Mandali:. Donkeys loaded w/ large bags & Arabs walking beside. MS & MCUs. GOOD.
23:50:24 Intertitle: First step in making bags from date leaf pinnae, Mandali. Man weaving / braiding as others watch plaiting. Intertitle re “Blind worker sewing plaited strips together to form the bags.” MCU.
23:51:45 Intertitle: “The chief export of dates in Northern Iraq is to Persia & the Arabian Desert...”
23:52:00 LS Loaded camel train walking across sandy desert.
23:52:31 Intertitle: “A charad, the most common native water lift in Iraq.” MS Man & ox pulling water from well & dumping for irrigation.
23:53:23 Intertitle: “Cultivating a date garden near Basrah.” Many men digging / plowing deeply w/ shovels in palm grove.
23:54:41 Intertitle: “Cutting offshoots near Basrah.” Arab men pose w/ sharp shovel-like cutting tool. Working; digging / cutting shoots at base of mature trees. Trimming tops of fronds from new shoots & digging deep-rooted offshoot & separating from mature palm.
23:56:09 Intertitle: “Packing offshoots for shipment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.” Pan group in street packing w/ woven mats, burlap (?) & woven wicker rectangular containers.
23:57:00 The End.
Middle East Agriculture; Traditional; Exporting Fruit; 1920s International Trade; Plant Propagation; Harvesting;
NOTE: Fairly good quality & interesting shots.
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1920s - Commerce, Agricultural, Iraq: Date Cultivation, Harvesting, Transportation & Propagation Intertitle, re pruning old leaf stubs prior to date harvest at Beled Ruz. Native trimming leaves near bunches of dates. Intertitle. Native climbing tree w/ small woven bag / basket & collecting dates for immediate eating. Climbing down. 23:48:18 Intertitle: re oasis of Mandali on Persian border. 23:48:37 Pan mud walled entrance to village & date palm garden. 23:49:15 Intertitle: “Transporting dates from garden to village, Mandali:. Donkeys loaded w/ large bags & Arabs walking beside. MS & MCUs. GOOD. 23:50:24 Intertitle: First step in making bags from date leaf pinnae, Mandali. Man weaving / braiding as others watch plaiting. Intertitle re “Blind worker sewing plaited strips together to form the bags.” MCU. 23:51:45 Intertitle: “The chief export of dates in Northern Iraq is to Persia & the Arabian Desert...” 23:52:00 LS Loaded camel train walking across sandy desert. 23:52:31 Intertitle: “A charad, the most common native water lift in Iraq.” MS Man & ox pulling water from well & dumping for irrigation. 23:53:23 Intertitle: “Cultivating a date garden near Basrah.” Many men digging / plowing deeply w/ shovels in palm grove. 23:54:41 Intertitle: “Cutting offshoots near Basrah.” Arab men pose w/ sharp shovel-like cutting tool. Working; digging / cutting shoots at base of mature trees. Trimming tops of fronds from new shoots & digging deep-rooted offshoot & separating from mature palm. 23:56:09 Intertitle: “Packing offshoots for shipment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.” Pan group in street packing w/ woven mats, burlap (?) & woven wicker rectangular containers. 23:57:00 The End. Middle East Agriculture; Traditional; Exporting Fruit; 1920s International Trade; Plant Propagation; Harvesting; NOTE: Fairly good quality & interesting shots. NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk