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Views of celebration following a wedding ceremony in rural Afghanistan. Modernizing of Afghanistan
Families heading to celebration following a wedding in rural Afghanistan. Some ride a camel. But most are walking. Next, two men are seen waving kerchiefs as they dance to music provided by musicians in a circle around them. Closeups of musicians, singing and playing instruments. Several play Afghan guitars. Another plays a stringed instrument with a very long neck. View of an old man. The Arch of Triumph in the gardens of Paghman (in the hills near Afghanistan's capital of Kabul). View of the King of Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah, with an aide. The remainder of the film shows various gardens and architecture in the region.
A film about the geography and topography of Afghanistan.
Film opens showing a camel caravan silhouetted against the light of dawn. It then shows the caravan proceeding well after sunrise. Camera pans across a map ot the Western United States and begins moving across the Pacific Ocean. View from inside an airplane flying West among clouds above the ocean. Next, the camera pans over a map of China and beyond, to Afghanistan surrounded by Turkestan and Pakistan. A man opens an atlas of maps showing Pakistan in more detail, bordered on the North by the Soviet Union, on the east by Pakistan, and on the West, by Iran. Camera shows the famous Khyber Pass and northern hills of Afghanistan. It shows, briefly, the snow-covered peaks of the Hindu Kush mountain range. A camel caravan passes in front of the camera, with rugged mountains in the background. The area is arid desert, with no vegetation in sight. The ruins of an ancient city are seen, as well as the remains of mountain fortresses. Views of 6th-century monumental statues of Gautam Buddha carved into the sides of cliffs in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan,
Afghans set up camps in prairies and irrigate the land with water from melting snow in mountains
A film about the life of people in Afghanistan .Film begins showing Nomads moving about in deserts of Afghanistan, some using camels and some using other heavily laden pack animals. Scene shifts to family tents set up in wide open spaces where some vestiges of greenery appear on the ground in the prairie lands of Afghanistan. View of a man standing near a tent, along with cattle and sheep. Closeup of three Nomadic men posing against blue sky background. A herd of sheep. an Afghan man and two boys plowing behind a camel. Men wielding pickaxes dig irrigation trenches in the arid river valleys. View of a castle on a hill with a snow-covered mountain in the background (that will serve as a source of water). Water seen descending in small streams from melting snow in Springtime. These are seen converging to form larger streams and rivers in the valleys below. Crude dams of cobblestones and sticks divert some water into small irrigation canals. Boys walking along the bank of a canal. A man tending to a canal. Views of trees and foliage thriving in the areas covered by water from melting snow. Flowering shrubs are seen. People walk across a graceful bridge crossing a river. A grove of evergreen trees. An elaborate flower garden. An annual festival where men carry shovels as they parade. An audience of local people watch as men exercise with weights and compete in wrestling matches.
Modernization projects in Afghanistan in the 1950s and 1960s, undertaken by the .Morrison and Knutsen (M-K) Construction company
First scene shows several Afghan national leaders conversing outside a government building. Views of the Helmand and Arghandab rivers that are to be dammed as part of the Afghan modernization project. From this point much of the film is devoted to the actual construction activities of the Morrison and Knutsen (M-K) Construction company (organized for this endeavor as: Morison & Knudsen, Afghanistan, Inc aka MK-A). View of a steam shovel loading a truck. a truck passes several MK-A workers in hard hats near a river, as it moves earth from the work site. A caterpillar tractor pushes rocks into the river as part of the dam building. MK-A workers atop a bridge at the dam site. Formations of tractors work at the site using compaction rollers, alongside other grading equipment. A bulldozer with a large blade pushes a huge amount of earth. A tractor pulls a set of compaction rollers. A dynamite charge explodes breaking up rocks at the site. Construction equipment roars past donkeys carrying burdens on their backs. A succession of scenes showing heavy equipment at work, including a drag line being run from an equipment cab labeled: "Morrison and Knudsen, Afghanistan Inc." Views of a canals created by MK-A as part of the project. Crops in fields watered by a network of secondary irrigation canals (unseen). An Afghan man seen silhouetted against light sky and river illuminated by setting sun. A vast field of grain. Small mountain valley with crops watered from mountain snow melts. Afghan farmers cultivating crop by hand on the farm. Farmers eating lunch on a small irrigated farm, as another walks past them plowing with a team of oxen. A mud wall fence marking property line. Masons constructing a home using mud.
Morrison-Knudsen construction company builds dams and irrigation canals in Afghanistan
Opening scene shows the Boghra diversion dam and associated irrigation canal built by Morrison-Knudsen Construction Company (MK) along the Helmand River in Afghanistan. Three MKA (Morrison-Knudsen-Afghanistan) engineers stand on the bank of the new irrigation canal of this project. Glimpse of a small power plant built on the canal. A man turns a large wheel releasing water from lateral canals into the main canal which would irrigate an experimental farming area. An MKA yellow truck,carrying three Afghans in the back, drives through an ancient gate to the headquarters for this experimental farm at an ancient caravan fortress named Nad-e Ali. Next, an Afghan is seen driving a tractor pulling a set of harrows to till the soil. A field where seed was planted. Scene shifts to later when the seeds have grown and an Afghan farmers are seen harvesting the new grain by hand. The next year, fields of alfalfa are seen from the first year's seeding. Another tractor is seen working at the edge of a field of crop. Afghan farmers use hand cultivators to tend the crops. View of large fields of crops. An Afghan boy stands on the bank of the Boghra canal. View of camels grazing in sparse desert area. Scene shifts to Afghan and MKA officials negotiating another contract. View of brass sign on the Export Import Bank in Washington, DC. Inside, officials of the Bank are seated around a table. (Narrator states the Bank provided a 22 million dollar loan for the new extended construction contract.) View of the Helmand River (and its deep canyon Northwest of Kandahar) and the Arghandab River, where large dams were to be constructed. Dump trucks are next seen commencing work at the Arghandab site, building a work road atop a dike along the side of the river. Camera pans across the broad sweep of the project underway. Construction equipment of all types seen moving along the work road and at work atop the dam. Afghan workers operating power shovels. Earth and stones moving on a conveyor belt. Wooden forms being built and steel reinforcing bars being installed. Afghans clearing areas for drilling operations. Afghan powder men ram charges into areas to be blasted. View of man pushing handle to ignite the charges. Explosion raises smoke, debris and dust. More views of construction equipment in operation Views of the dam at about the 200 foot height.
Morrison and Knudson company undertakes construction of the Kajaki Dam across the Helmand River in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
Opening scene shows glimpse of the construction site where Morrison-Knudsen company of Afghanistan (MKA) is building the Kajaki Dam across the Helmand River in Afghanistan. Wooden forms are already in place and Afghan workers fill them with rocks as they construct what narrator describes as "warehouse buildings and shops." Rock houses and dormitories are built to serve American supervisors and their families. An American girl and boy walk from their house. An American construction superintendent consults with an Afghan foreman. View of the Helmand River. Next, drilling crews are seen at the steep walls of the canyon placing dynamite charges. View of dynamite charges exploding along a stretch of canyon wall, and near the top of in another place. Following the blasts, men use poles to loosen large boulders. One is seen crashing down from the top of the canyon wall. View from above of a vehicle moving across a temporary bridge, built to allow work on both sides of the river. Men walking past one of two 35-foot diversion tunnels. View from the river side of the two diversion tunnels that will carry river water during dam construction. A large jutting rock in the water marks the location of a future cofferdam that will divert the river into the tunnels. Views of dump trucks discharging earth and rocks at the side of the river, and a caterpillar tractor smoothing the fill to create a cofferdam. Water surging as the river width narrows. Overview of the site as the cofferdam finally fills the gap. View of the river moving into the first diversion tunnel, followed by view from the other side, as water exits to continue the river's normal flow. High above, workers use high pressure water hoses to wash loose materials from the canyon walls. A power shovel begins digging the dam's foundation trench.
