Trip to Nepal, 1952–Dorothy Stebbins Bowles–home movies. Reel 26

Trip to Nepal, 1952--Dorothy Stebbins Bowles--home movies. Reel 26


Video:

Identifier:
2747.0029
Collection:
Bowles, Dorothy Stebbins Collection
Date:
1952
Original Format:
16mm film
Color:
color
Sound:
silent
Duration:
300 ft
Can Description:
Nepal #2, 1952;Nepalis/Tibetans
Viewing Notes:
Bowles party continues its overland trip to Katmandu. Camp. Someone hands a cigarette to a Nepali man cooking. Men tend to the horses. A man sits on the ground and adjusts his leg wraps. The group gets food and coffee from an outdoor table. Mountains. Steps leading to a temple and stone Buddhas. Diplomats and the Bowles family eat at an outdoor table. Pan of a valley surrounded by mountains. Katmandu: Street vendor. (Out of focus) Pan of buildings in town. More shots of buildings and street scenes. Two young Nepali boys measuring chilies on a scale. Procession down the street. Street scenes. Groups of children smile at the camera. Dark footage of soldiers in a garden.;Buddhist temple: Stupa with people around it. A monkey sitting on a vajra sculpture. Pan down the stupa. People and objects in the temple. People praying and washing the feet of a stone sculpture. Steps up to the temple. Monkeys. Sally feeds a monkey. Street scenes. Sally in a crowd of Nepali people. A Nepali woman pulls at a European woman's tights. People washing and doing laundry in the river. A man hauling water. [End of Reel]
Subject(s):
,
Place(s):
Nepal
Rights:
This item may be available for reuse, please contact Northeast Historic Film for more information
Source:
http://oldfilm.org/collection/Detail/occurrences/45844