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Burma
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 218
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Morden Expedition to Africa and Asia, 1922-1924. Filmed during William James Morden's 1922-1924 expedition by Herford Tynes Cowling, Burma presents a beautiful portrait of the people, culture, architecture, and art of the country. Beginning with footage of the Rangoon harbor, the expedition journeys up the Irrawaddy River surveying covered boats, junks, paddle boats, barges (rafts of teak logs with caretaker huts built on the surface), and oil wells. Extensive and varied...
Dates:
1922-1924
Beyond the vale of Kashmir
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 217
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Morden Expedition to Africa and Asia, 1922-1924. With panoramic vistas of the Himalayas in the background, Beyond the Vale of Kashmir begins as the expedition travels through western Tibet. Cinematographer Herford Tynes Cowling filmed portraits of Tibetan people and their activities such as making flour from grain stalks. The expedition goes to the village of Mulbik, where they visit a colossal sculpture of a four-armed god carved into a mountain wall. At Srinagar, on the...
Dates:
1922-1924
The Baltistan-Ladakh hunt
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 216
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Morden Expedition to Africa and Asia, 1922-1924. This film chronicles the expedition made by William James Morden and Herford Tynes Cowling to hunt ibex and visit monasteries in northern Pakistan and India. Beginning in Baltistan (northern Pakistan) the expedition team weaves through the rocky terrain filming Baltis as they perform domestic tasks, such as weaving and making sandals. The expedition tracks across snowy Korakorum peaks and valleys and crosses the Indus River...
Dates:
1922-1924
Ceylon
Collection
Identifier: Film Collection no. 220
Scope and Contents
Filmed during the Morden Expedition to Africa and Asia, 1922-1924. William James Morden's Ceylon is a travelogue of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the 1920s. Tamil and Sinhalese people, ancient Buddhist ruins, tropical landscapes, and day to day activities are shown in great detail on tinted stock. Buddhist Sinhalese and Hindu Tamil men, women, and children are seen in a variety of activities throughout the film. In one scene, a group of Sinhalese women wearing wrapped skirts called comboys bathe...
Dates:
1922-1924