Tunisia 1967 Reel 21 of 52
Category: Travelogue
Length: 17:34
Film ID | F16-0312 |
Film Description | Reel 21 of 52 Unedited travelogue Trajane Matmata Zeraoua Matameur ShotlistCat. Reel 312 1967: Reel 21: Tunisia, March 26-28. Trajane. Matmata. Zeraoua. Matameur.Boughrara.Courtyard from above (Trajane). Stone ruins. Berber olive oil lamp (Matmata). Holes in earth for Troglodyte home (en-route to Zeraoua). A home (Zeraoua). Stone with stone steps. Loom for making rope nets. Rooftops, skins drying. Stone manger. Yard: wool in basket. Stone mill. Note method of feeding grain to mill: hand operated. Steep steps. View from road. Brush on roofs. Tiers of stone houses. Cactus growing. Tile work at hotel: (Oabes): possibly a windbreak. Matameur, showing Ghorfas. Well: drawing water with donkey: Rope pulley, rubber pail, automatic release (Matameur). Carrots soaking. Square gardens, irrigation ditches. Camel-operated well: note irrigation ditch atop high wall. Ghorfas (Matameur): windowless, one atop another: Grain storage: note steep steps made of flat stones projecting from wall. Boy descending stairway. Arm hole for lock. Ghorfas: front view. Ghorfas: rear view. Thatched, circular stone buildings. Ghorfa (Mendenine). Street scenes of Ghorfas. Steep steps on Ghorfas. Pottery for sale. Shoe makers at Mendenine: working by hand. Roman ruins (at Bou Grara, en-route to Djerba). Flat stones for yard. Stone baseboard. Fluted column. Stub; foundation of column. Stubs of columns. Cross-section of column: pivot holes that joined sections. Carved cornice. Stone-carved inscription. Stone baseboard. Stone with some plaster remaining. Capitals. Carved, red stone baseboard. Perpendicular remains of arch. Fallen arch. Carved hole in stone. Resembles a font. Base of column. Boughrara: general view. Sailboat (Djorf). Ferry (Djorf): note overhang for auto. Ancient scroll in synagog: 550 B.C. (?) (Hora Seira). Rolling the scroll. Colored scroll. Scrolls. Tile. Jewish man. (cu). Corridors: entrances to rooms for pilgrims. Arched corridor and balcony. Well or cistern in courtyard. Pottery, musical clay drums (cu). |
Video Category | Travelogue |
Film Creator | Watson Kintner |
Topics | Ghorfas, Trajane, Matmata, Zeraoua, Matameur, Bedouin people, Medenine, Djorf, Roman antiquities |