This precious color, amateur home movie from 1947 chronicles a vacationer’s trip around Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan. It was filmed by an unknown American traveler. The film chronicles a tour around prominent attractions and Pakistan’s main cities, scenes from nature along the Khyber Pass and Hindu Kush Mountains, as well as footage from Afghanistan. (It is noteworthy that the film is from 1947 as this is the year Pakistan’s history began. On 14 August 1947 the country came into being in the form of the Dominion of Pakistan within the British Commonwealth as the result of the Pakistan Movement and the partition of India. Afghanistan had been independent of India as a result of The Durand Line which was established in 1893. The line was slightly modified by the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 and was inherited by Pakistan after independence in 1947. Between 1944-1947 Afghanistan saw a period of unrest coined The Afghan Tribal Revolts or The Khost Disturbances by Zadran, Safi and Mangal tribesmen which lasted from February 1944 to January 1947.)

Intercontinental Hotel, Karachi, Pakistan (0:11). Traditional Islamic architecture and mosques around Karachi (0:29). Scenes from Lahore Fort – Jahangir’s Quadrangle (1:34-2:30). Locals pose with their sheep for the camera (2:35). Tomb of Jahangir (2:38). Shalimar Gardens (2:47). Outdoor street market in Lahore (3:43). Signs for local businesses in Karachi (4:17). Zamzama Gun canon in Lahore (4:24). Sign welcoming tourists to Peshawar (4:31). Scenes from a commercial area in Peshawar (4:35). Snake charmer playing the Pungi (5:40). Shanty in the foreground with high-rise buildings in the background (6:07). Goat herder (6:22). Camels carrying goods (6:30). Opium field (6:42). Yousafzai State of Swat (6:52). Swat Hotel (7:10). Oxen bathe in the river (7:30). Kalam Valley (7:39). Travel group photo (8:21). Falak Sar or Swat Mountain in Ushu Valley and is part of the Hindu Kush Mountain Range (8:35). Visit to Bahrain along the Swat River (8:49). The White Palace of Swat and its gardens (9:17). Sign marking a town that had been previously conquered by Alexander the Great (10:08). Sign welcoming tourists to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (10:36). Local men stand in front of Bab-e–Khyber archway which marks the entrance to the Khyber Pass (10:52). Khyber Pass (11:19). Outdoor market and stalls (11:49). Khyber Pass Railway – Broad gauge, oil fired, class HGS 2-8-0 2216 (Kitson, 1914) at the rear of the charter train at Jamrud, near Peshawar, Pakistan, ready for the tour group to head up the Khyber Pass (12:07). Local craftsmen at work (12:29). Cemetery (12:54). Agricultural work (13:00). Aerial view from plane to Afghanistan (13:07). Arrival in Kabul, Afghanistan (13:18). View of The White Mosque of Kabul from the hotel window (13:31). Local men stand beside a bus and exhibit how they use their guns (13:39). Mountains surrounding Kabul: Koh-e Paghman Mountain from the east, Koh-e Qrough Mountain from the south-west and Koh-e Shirdarwaza Mountain from the north-east (13:55). Bagh-e Babur or Babur’s Garden (14:00). Babur Tomb – resting place of Mughal Emperor (14:21). Bustling outdoor market (14:30). Bala Hissar Fortress (15:13). Mausoleum of King Nader Shah (15:35). Perhaps grounds and rose gardens of the ARG Salamkhana Presidential Palace (15:50). Different scenes of Kabul (16:28). Pashtunistan Square in downtown Kabul (16:59). Entrance to Hotel Kabul (17:14). Animal trading ground (17:50). Kabul-Jalalabad highway (18:24). Flowers (19:49). School-aged girls pose for the camera (20:17). View of Hazrat Ali Mazar mosque from alleyway – the mosque is located in Balkh Province, Afghanistan and has a tomb attributed to the fourth Islamic caliph, Ali (20:44).

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