People of Western China

People of Western China Encyclopaedia Britannica Films (Erpi announcer) Harvesting grain in shocks. 17:03:55 Buildings, crops, hillside cemetery of small town. 17:04:24 Chengdu, Royal City. Rickshaws & pedestrians thru large wall; past shops. No cars visible. Man plowing w/ ox, planting by hand from baskets. Wheel dipping water out of ditch and put into flume for irrigation. Men w/ wheelbarrows & peddling water wheel. Duck farm. 17:05:40 Map of early irrigation. Lake & plan from 2000 years ago. Aerial shot of canals & rivers thru valley. Mill wheel & water driving it. Grain ground by hand, into baskets; weighing; carried. Vegetable market w/ people past. 17:07:15 Bamboo grove, CU of stems; harvesting, cutting. Hauled on wheelbarrow. Cutting w/ hand saw & chairmaking. Other bamboo products, making chopsticks. Eating bamboo. Bamboo bridges, woven together, LS, MCU and shoulder pole carried. Men smoking bamboo pipes. 17:09:04 Clay pottery making, made on wheel. CU. Silversmith working at benches; fine finish; soldering or welding together. Manufacturing silk, weaving. Final fabrics shown in stores or stalls to women. 17:10:52 Mulberry trees; stream, people carry goods past, irrigation wheel. Int. of dam, man turning valves, reading gauges. Electric power lines on city walls. Family sits around table eating w/ light above. Others in office & talking on telephone. 17:11:54 Man threading projector in classroom; man lecturing. 17:12:11 Bus on road. Doctor diagnosing patient, writing notes w/ calligraphy pen; mixing herbs in scales & putting in boxes. Chest X-ray shown. 17:13:10 Airport w/ planes w/ CNAC on wings. Men tilling w/ water buffalo. Walls w/ roads on top. LS of valley. The End. Geography; History; Educational Films; Asia; Far East; Pre-WWII; Cultures; Agriculture;