Water Wheel Orig'L
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This footage shot by John Nash Ott, primarily for the production of Abundance From India's Acres, features Indian laborers while they operate a foot-powered water wheel, an Archimedes screw pump and an oxen-powered water wheel. Additional footage documents the Great Sphinx of Giza in Giza, Egypt, and camel cart street traffic outside of the Karachi Municipal Corporation Building in Karachi, Pakistan.
Credits
John Nash Ott Jr. (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Date: circa 1970
Cfa collection: John Nash Ott Collection
Subjects: Travel; Cityscapes; Agriculture
Places: Asia > India; Africa > Egypt; Asia > Pakistan
Cfa elements: 76 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/36428
Cfa collection: John Nash Ott Collection
Subjects: Travel; Cityscapes; Agriculture
Places: Asia > India; Africa > Egypt; Asia > Pakistan
Cfa elements: 76 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/36428
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:24