MOROCCO B&W CUTS [Main Title]

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  • Title: MOROCCO B&W CUTS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 3768X
  • Other titles: MOROCCO 1928 - OFFCUTS [Allocated Title] COLOUR CUTS OF MOROCCO [Main Title] MOROCCO 1966 - OFFCUTS [Allocated Title] AMATEUR FILM BY ROSIE NEWMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur footage shot by Rosie Newman, not included in her edited film "Morocco 1928 + 1966" (IWM film ref MGH 3768).
  • Description: Morocco, 1928 (Black and White) Motor car parked on side of a small shallow river, two men in European dress watching a man in Arab dress using a sickle to level the ground in the river bank. Car backing across stream. Shot of Arab man attempting to level the bank. Arab man walking along the road. Sustained view of an unidentified palace. Brief view of a small monkey in a cage. Two peacocks. View across a lake. Several young Arab men diving in to the water. Fruit seller in a street market. Woman walking towards the camera carrying a large bundle on her head. Caption "THE FAMOUS KOUTOUBIA TOWER". Marrakesh, shots in a courtyard of a man, women, a child, a goat and chickens. Three Arab men walking along a deserted road towards the camera. Horse and a group of pack donkeys drinking at the edge of a river. Shots of their handlers and their loads. Views of a street market (?) including a shot of an animal carcass hanging from a pole and various Arab men sitting on the ground. Two Arab men wading across a shallow stream. Brief shot of a donkey, heavily laden with luggage boxes, being led through a formal garden to a large house (possibly the British Legation at Tangiers).View of men and women walking along a road. View of a walled town. Caption "An Adventurous drive. The Cherif and Prince Charles Murat". Market scenes. Pack donkeys on a road. Motor car (see above) driving towards the edge of a shallow stream and becoming stuck because of the angle of the incline to the water. Arab men and pack donkeys crossing flat waterlogged ground. Motor car (see above) reversing away from the water's edge. Arab man hacking at the bank with a sickle and removing a large stone. Motor car is driven slowly forward across the shallow stream. Arched gateway. Arab men with donkeys and a cow passing along a road. Group of Arab men walking towards the camera, one carrying a large oar across his shoulders. Child in European dress riding on a donkey being led in front of a large house by a young women, also wearing European dress. Child and young woman pose for the camera (possibly at the British Legation in Tangiers). View of a crowded square in a large town. Caption "A Memorial erected in memory of Sir Reginald Lister 'The Sound of a Voice that is Still'" view of the memorial - a covered fountain (?) in a tree shaded garden. Women and a child in the shaded garden. Market and street scenes in a large town. Arab man and child, followed by two Arab women, walking across a wooden pontoon bridge. Arab man on horseback. Group of Arab men seated on the side of the road, resting and drinking tea (?). Heavily laden pack donkeys. Market scenes, street scenes, portrait shots of Arab men, exterior of a walled city (possibly Tourrant), large group of Arab men seated on the group outside of the town walls. Man seated on the ground having his scalp massaged by a barber (?). Man digging in a formal garden. Posed shot of a woman wearing European dress flanked by a chef and a female servant wearing an apron. (Possibly at the British Legation at Tangiers.) Morocco 1966 (Colour) Small group of men seated outside a tobacconist. Large crowd following a white van which is driving slowly along a beach side road (possibly a funeral). Mothers and children looking out over a beach. Musicians and men wearing traditional Arab dress seated around tables beside a hotel swimming pool. Men at work in a field with camels in the background. Small fruit market. A second shot of the men working in the field with donkeys pulling a small plough and a camel standing by. View from an aeroplane window of a large lake.
  • Alternative Title: MOROCCO 1928 - OFFCUTS [Allocated Title] COLOUR CUTS OF MOROCCO [Main Title] MOROCCO 1966 - OFFCUTS [Allocated Title] AMATEUR FILM BY ROSIE NEWMAN [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W (part Colour [Kodachrome])
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  • Object_Number: MGH 3768X
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 3768X)
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  • Production Date: 1928
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Newman, RosieBritish film-maker, "Britain at War" (Production individual) Newman, RosieBritish film-maker, "Britain at War" (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W (part Colour [Kodachrome]) Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 456 ft; Running time: 19 mins
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