West Pakistan, 1960's - Film 16887

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A view of West Pakistan (Part 2 is on East Pakistan – Film 16888) A hundred million in numbers and then a thin line cuts across it vertically. A silhouette of East and West Pakistan. An overview of East Pakistan's bazaar and her society. A young boy fishing with a large net. A large wooden boat on wide river during monsoon. In contrast, West Pakistan. A field with little water. A dry field with hills on the background. In West Pakistan, two men are ploughing a field with simple tools. Boys and girls picking cotton. A view of the city of Islamabad. 'Modern' buildings. Fountain on centre of buildings. Three 'gentlemen' walking. A close up of the Indian subcontinent, and then a zoom out showing the whole of Asia with East and West Pakistan demarcated distinctly. A bridge filling the gap between the regions which becomes a chain that locks each other together. The badshahi (ruling) mosque in Lahore. A different view of the same mosque, very picturesque. A few people taking off their shoes to pray. A few people walking. The attention is on the detail of the mosque. It was built during the period of Mughal in seventeenth century by Shah Jahan. The internal view of the mosque. The garden which reflects paradise. Water and fountains around the garden. An over view of the garden. The flow of water. The ruin of a civilisation. A dried well. A view of Indian subcontinent and zooming of West Pakistan and then to Lahore. A major road of the city. 'Modern' buildings and streets of the city. A fort built by the Mughal emperor Akbar in the sixteenth century. Detail on building. Extravagant designs of plants and flowers. A 'modern' city. A man making pots with clay. Two women making bricks. A close up of the bricks as a woman makes it manually with her two hands. The same activity from a different angle. The use of donkeys to carry bricks by male workers. The movement of bricks by male labourer. They are stacking the bricks. The workers working. In contrast, a village road of West Pakistan. A man piling hay as other people doing their daily activities. A middle aged man containing donkeys. A boy buys household goods whilst another weighs and takes coins from him. A butcher butchering. A close up of cattle. Cattle in the river and their heads are floating (they are being cleaned). A buffalo is chained and two men are making a dough by its waste. A close up of two men making the dough. The dough are used for cooking for fire as the cooker is made out of clay. A bullock is being shoed like a horse. A close up of the bullock on the floor. It is roped and once the job is done it is released. An elegant bullock. A buffalo is being fed. A close up of the creature as it eat leaves. It has a pair twirling horns. A close up of milking of the bull by a pair of hands. Two farmers ploughing a field with four bullocks. The use of cattle labour to crush the crop in a village. The use of cattle for irrigation. More ploughing of land. The two men are ploughing with their bullocks. A close up of ploughing. A field. A close up of wheat crop. A field of vegetable crop. More close up. A field of sugar cane. A few people picking cotton. A close up of an old women in the cotton field. A pair of wrinkle hands picking cotton. A field of cotton. A close up of dried wheat on the field and a man chopping it. The chopped wheat on the field. Two women making chapatti at home. A close up of the baking chappati. The lifestyle of a village family. The Women are house working. A close up of a child an then a mother as she peels potatoes. A girl crushing spice puts a pot on the clay cooker. An old women whisking traditionally to make cheese. A close up of her. A close up of a kalash, the container which she made the cheese, to a small bowl. A man piping and the children are around him as the food arrives. A close up of their food. A young girl brings two pots. Another child drinks water. A close up of the girl as she mixes chapatti and curry with her hand eats it. A close up of the adult male - father. A close up his hand as he mixes food. Donkeys are eating on a field. Sunlight spurting through gaps of trees. A herd of Goats. A close up of a goat. A dog relaxing. The documentary continues in Part 2 of Pakistan series.