[Maine Sea Coast Mission -- home movies] Reel 11

Date1933

AbstractTwo women walk down a dirt road, carrying large loads of sticks and brush on their backs. A small boy leads a pony down the dirt road. Views in a village as women walk together, a young boy with his younger sister on a burro on the road. At an animal market, a man clips the fur of a burro as others watch. A group gathers around the two American tourists. Man fills a large bag with water at a watering hole, and his burro walks off carrying it on its back. Two burros seen in a field with a village in the background. A woman poses with her baby. A young woman dances to the music provided by a young man playing a stringed instrument in the background.

OtherBox notes: "Syria (Gipsy [sic] camp #1) 1933"