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Film, Video The Touaregs in their country Original French title: Chez les Touaregs / Alternate English language title on videocassette housing: Touraregs in their country

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • The Touaregs in their country

Other Title

  • Original French title: Chez les Touaregs
  • Alternate English language title on videocassette housing: Touraregs in their country

Summary

  • Scenes of a Touareg village show the tribe's women, boys posing and fighting, two men fighting with sticks and wrestling, the tying of a turban, equipping and mounting the camels, the parade of a caravan, demonstrating an assault on a colonial courier, a "Fantasia" parade, horsemen riding toward the camera with their guns blazing, and a mother and child playing with a kitten.

Names

  • Pathé frères (France)
  • Pathé Frères (U.S.)
  • AFI/Anonymous Toledo Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Pathé Frères, 1908.

Headings

  • -  Tuaregs--Social life and customs
  • -  Villages--Africa, North

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  French title, Chez les Touaregs, from Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914, 1907 à 1909, p. 53.
  • -  Pathé no. 1911.
  • -  On one film reel/videocassette with one other title. Followed by Along the upper Nile.
  • -  The digital file and Betacam SP were made from the viewing print (FEB 8434).
  • -  Digital files viewed.
  • -  Sources used: American Film Institute online catalog, Oct. 25, 2006; Catalogue Pathé des années 1896 à 1914, 1907 à 1909, p. 53; AFI STAR database record no. 7852.

Medium

  • viewing copy 1 videocassette of 1 (Betacam SP) (ca. 6 min.) : si., b&w ; 1/2 in.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 640 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 640 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • VRA 1878 (viewing copy)
  • FEB 8434 (viewing print)
  • FPE 2834 (dupe neg pic)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006641955

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Pathé Frères, U.S Pathé Frères, and Afi/Anonymous Toledo Collection. The Touaregs in their country. United States: Pathé Frères, 1908. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006641955/.

APA citation style:

Pathé Frères, Pathé Frères, U. S. & Afi/Anonymous Toledo Collection. (1908) The Touaregs in their country. United States: Pathé Frères. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2006641955/.

MLA citation style:

Pathé Frères, U.S Pathé Frères, and Afi/Anonymous Toledo Collection. The Touaregs in their country. United States: Pathé Frères, 1908. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2006641955/>.