Native Women Water Carriers (1930)

No title. “These Hindoo (sic) cow-belles carry one hundred pounds of water on their heads.“ L/S of an Indian street with women carrying large pots on their heads passing the camera. “One hundred pounds of water on your brain ought to be a permanent wave.“ M/S of the women who stand and pose for the camera. Note: section from a “Walter Futter’s Curiosities“ film, probably bought in by Pathe for reuse. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British
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