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Robert Fulton Jr. World Motorcycle Tour
FLT-3 DigiBeta
B W
Home Movie
1932
03:00:00:00 - 03:59:55:08 B W Silent 1932 American traveler, explorer & inventor Robert E. Fulton Jr. (usually wearing safari shirt, khakis, pith sun helmet or leather hat, goggles, motorcycle boots) travels through Europe, Middle East & Asia on a motorcycle outfitted w Douglas Motors engine. 03:00:00:00 - 03:01:57:18 B W Silent 1932 Temple on hill. Fortress on island. VS ruins of fortress, aqueduct. Kabul, Afghanistan: Street scene: people (women in veils men in turbans) at market. Elderly man walks along path w building & snow-covered mountains in BG. Robert Fulton Jr. rides motorcycle through flooded road. Western man smokes cigarette at road stop w natives gathered. VS men & children pushing barges w car on river. Fulton drives motorcycle off barge, past water buffalo, shacks. 03:01:57:19 - 03:08:11:24 B W Silent 1932 China -- Street scene: people walk, children play, man pushes cart, many signs (Chinese characters). Butcher chops meat at outdoor market stand. Farmer & cow in field w pagoda in BG. Man saws bamboo beside young boy at outdoor shop. Pagoda. Street scene (small town): children run on street w temple on hill in BG. Sianfu: Barber washes face & head of elderly man in small fountain. VS Fulton riding motorcycle on dry, arid terrain. Shanghai: Fulton rides motorcycle through flooded city street, crowded w traffic guard, rickshaws, cars. Village between Nanking & Kaifeng: VS Fulton eats bread & bowl of rice w chopsticks as natives watch at outdoor restaurant man w shoulder pole & 2 baskets passes in FG. Motorcycle loaded w boxes & sacks wedged in ditch. Fulton slides in mud beside bike. VS natives (w donkey carrying shoulder pole w sacks of grain) pass bike & give it curious looks on mountain trail. VS boys practice choreographed sword fighting moves in yard. VS man pushes cart loaded w crates. Sails from junks (boats) visible on horizon on Grand Canal. Boy in front of outdoor market. Farmer in field w bull pulling plow. Children gather on dirt road w boats moored on shores of Grand Canal. Gulf of Tonkin or China Seas (South North), somewhere between Haiphong, Indochina (present-day Vietnam) & Shanghai, China: BOAT POV sailboat sails on water w mountains in BG. China: View of temple through archway. Large house. 03:08:11:25 - 03:08:54:05 B W Silent 1932 Japan -- Snowcapped Mount Fuji w lake (Kawaguchi?) in FG. Fulton's motorcycle parked at Buddhist "torii" (archway) w braided rope & strips of white paper (religion) Japanese woman walks past. Yokohama: busy port w people, motorcycle, bicyclists (bicycles), cars & ocean liner in BG. People & traffic on wide city street w large buildings. 03:08:54:06 - 03:13:20:13 B W Silent 1932 Europe (Probably Yugoslavia possibly Austria, Hungary or Bulgaria) -- Peasants (women, men, children) drink & wipe their faces in front of hay stack. Flock of birds flies in formation in sky over grazing cattle. India: VS elephant grazes. Istanbul, Turkey: VS Hagia Sophia (landmarks religion) w veiled women passing in FG. Motorcycle parked on boat's deck w Bosphorus in BG. Ruins of viaduct. VS domed building. VS parked motorcycle. Natives sit under arch. England: VS Stonehenge (landmarks monuments). Tourists sight see. Probably Yugoslavia but possibly Austria, Hungary or Bulgaria: Man drinks w horse & hay-filled cart in BG. Possibly Turkey: VS 3 native men (wearing turbans & fez) smile & shake hands near motorcycle. Possibly Syria: VS HA Fulton rides motorcycle over dry terrain. MOTORCYCLE POV PAN across terrain w scrub. EXCELLENT: MOTORCYCLE POV PAN Fulton rides motorcycle on road, sometimes looking at camera & speaking to cameraman (excellent shot). 03:13:20:14 - 03:15:17:16 B W Silent 1932 Amiens, France -- VS HA LA PANS EXT of Notre Dame Cathedral (religion architecture): flying buttresses man sweeping sidewalk town & countryside views row houses framed by archway people on street framed by columns gargoyles large stained glass windows sculptures of religious figures. 03:15:17:17 - 03:16:47:16 B W Silent 1932 Probably Ghazni, Afghanistan -- Men in turbans walk in narrow street between whitewashed buildings w awnings. South East Asia. Java, Sumatra. Toba, Sumatra (Indonesia): VS Gunung Sibayak Volcano & Lake Toba w clouds & palm tree leaves in FG. Waziristan (present-day Pakistan) VS Tower of Waziri home fortress carved w designs mountains in BG. Japan: interior of room in Japanese "yadoya" (inn) w futon covered by silk bedspread. VS different countries (some technical problems). People row small boat on ocean. Sign post. Gate posts w houses in BG. Sign stands in desert near barbed wire fence. Udaipur, India: people bath in water at steps of temple. Asia. Possibly China or Indochina (present-day Vietnam): ocean liner surrounded by junks w mountains in BG. Turkey: Motorcycle parked near Roman fountain. Paris, France: cars on Champs-Elysees. 3 low-lying pyramids. China: EXT of fortress w walls. 03:16:47:17 - 03:24:57:25 B W Silent 1932 India. Udaipur -- VS teenage groom wears fancy costume on horse during wedding procession women carrying jugs on their heads pass in FG. Rajputana: Women & men carrying wood bundles stop at well w motorcycle parked nearby. VS small roadside temple (graffiti) w alter & incense burner. VS men drive "raths" (farmers' carts pulled by bullocks) on country roads & crowded city streets. VS CU cattle, yoke, harness, cart, wheels. Drivers gather on street w "ekkas" (covered taxis for transporting women through streets unseen [women's issues]). VS Drivers ride & wait w "tongas" (horse driven mail coaches) & taxis. Building w ornate facade. VS cattle harnessed to turnstile of pump well (animal rights). Khyber Pass territory (India or Waziristan [present-day Pakistan] or Afghanistan): VS farmer plows field w cattle in valley w snowcapped Hindu Kush mountains in BG. 03:24:57:26 - 03:25:45:10 B W Silent 1932 China: HA Teenage boys practice choreographed sword fighting techniques in yard. Gulf of Tonkin or China Seas (South North), somewhere between Haiphong, Indochina (present-day Vietnam) & Shanghai, China: BOAT POV Junk (boats) sailing in harbor w mountains in BG. Japan People on barge disembark at shore w bicycles, cart woman looks at motorcycle w curiosity. 03:25:45:11 - 03:29:03:19 B W Silent 1932 Chitor, India -- LA boys smile at camera. VS buildings, walls, ramparts of city fortress. Women carry baskets along road, through gate. VS walls of fortified city. Jain temple w birds circling. VS decorative archways w massive doors. Views of rocky countryside. VS Temple ruins. Goat grazes in front of temple ruins. 03:29:03:20 - 03:36:03:21 B W Silent 1932 Afghanistan. Possibly Chaman: Native men (wearing turbans) gather near Robert Fulton Jr. & motorcycle. Title "Thru Forbidden Afghanistan" w map of Middle East, Russia, India w Fulton riding motorcycle. Chitor, India: VS women & children on road w archway. Possibly Bulgaria or Turkey: VS people walk on street. Woman washes in courtyard w mosque. Laundry hangs on clothes line between columns of building w vaulted ceilings & domed roofs. PAN courtyard w minarets in BG. VS women in veils work in courtyard. HA street market in town square. Women shop at linens stall. LA Minaret. VS mosque domes. 2 elderly men walk in narrow street w donkey carrying baskets young girl carries buckets. Elderly man w cane walks in doorway w mosque in BG. Ornate gate at mosque entrance. Fortress walls from street. Small mosque. North West Frontier, India (present-day Pakistan). Dera Ismail Khan crossing: VS motorcycle: on road in mountains in field w native in FG w boats moored to pontoon bridge on Indus River. Possibly Bulgaria or Turkey: VS street scenes: people walk children gather in town square & look at camera. Minaret rises over street. View looking out window w curtains. 2 young girls (barefoot) sit in street. Men (1 elderly) in open shop. VS barge loaded w people, donkeys & horses is pulled across river. VS men at ferry station. Men (some in military uniforms) stand near motorcycle. Robert Fulton Jr. washes hands on balcony man performs clowns dances for camera. Natives stand beside motorcycle w rushing river over road in BG. CU motorcycle wheel stuck in mud. 2 men work in small kitchen. Man cooks meat on outdoor barbecue grill. VS motorcycle in rocky landscape. 03:36:06:09 - 03:37:17:28 B W Silent 1932 VS palm tree & domed building (Moorish architecture). PAN main square in town w cars, people (men in fezzes) Robert Fulton Jr. rides motorcycle. Fulton jumps out & pushes motorcycle (w sidecar) on hilly dirt road. Yugoslavia: HA cobblestone street w horsedrawn carriages. Fulton (smoking cigarette wearing rain poncho) exits garage on motorcycle after man opens door young boy (shorts & tweed cap) watches. Men (one playing musical instrument) in animal skins gather near motorcycle. European town w cathedral. Possibly Afghanistan : Man w horse man drives ox-driven cart. EXCELLENT> Europe: EXTREME LA Fulton drives motorcycle w sidecar over camera & through gate posts. Turkey (Turkish desert): Fulton loses control of motorcycle & steps off. Athens, Greece: Parthenon, Acropolis. Bangkok, Siam (present-day Thailand): temples. China: pagoda. Java: Fulton rides motorcycle past marker for equator. Kashmir, India: skis, ski poles & backpack planted in snow w Himalayas (mountains) in BG. Syria or Iraq: motorcycle behind horse skeleton in dirt. Java: mountain w tropical plants in FG. India (present-day Pakistan): Trestle (railway bridgea) over river w palm trees. Fulton rides motorcycle over train tracks. Djebel-Druze, Syria: Men in kaffiyeh (headdresses) kiss in greeting several times (male bonding affection homoerotic homosexuality). Syrian desert: PAN Fulton riding motorcycle across flat plain. Udaipur, India: decorative barge on water (Lake Palace) w City Palace in BG. Waziristan (present-day Pakistan) Waziri sword dancers spin while dancing in crowd. China: Chinese sword fighters (overexposed). Java (Indonesia): Lake w mountains in BG. Syria: MS guns secured to truck. Java: Toba Tomb. Middle East: Fulton eats w natives watching. Men ride horses during sporting game. India. Udaipur in the Girwa Valley, Mewar, Rajasthan: Sahelion Ki Bari (marble water fountain). China: Fulton eats at outdoor restaurant w people watching. Ghazni, Afghanistan: men in turbans & souk (market) w citadel in BG. Jakarta (Indonesia) art deco building with clock tower. Java: Lareg Batak hut w tower. cars & trucks in FG. Syrian Desert: Fulton leans against motorcycle on ground then jumps up & runs away. India (present-day Pakistan): Sign post for London (6372 miles away), Gujranwala & Rawalpindi, India (present-day Pakistan). Motorcycle covered in mud. Udaipur, India: Jain Temple w people & cow on street in FG. Possibly Yugoslavia: Vendors (girl, women, men) at open air market. Java (Indonesia): Women & children sit in outdoor market. B W Silent 1932 03:40:02:02 - 03:41:42:09 B W Silent 1932 VS portraits (Middle Eastern, Asian, European): MS 2 Iraqi border patrol in military uniforms & kaffiyeh (headdress) MS Chinese man carrying baskets & pole bar over shoulder Turkoman, Tartar or Mongol man in turban w black sheep European man (Yugoslav? Bulgar?) drinks in front of horse & cart filled w hay. Afghani men of various tribes: man & boy sit together man in turban smiles. Chinese man squints in sun Iraqi man carries straw mat on dock CU young Chinese boy smiles CU young Indian girl smiles & laughs. Muslim man prays on prayer mat 2 young Indian girls in saris smile. Staircase in courtyard. Children stand in group at roadside. 3 Indian girls & one boy laugh & smile in front of mural. Sailboats on water. Udaipur, India: City Palace from water. Felucca-style sailboats sailing on water. 03:41:42:10 - 03:42:26:18 B W Silent 1932 India: Udaipur in the Girwa Valley, Mewar, Rajasthan -- VS City Palace approaching from water (Lake Palace). People walk on docks. VS temple seen from terrace, pagoda, palace balcony w palm trees & tropical plants in FG, small pagoda, men scrub elephant's head, pool. 03:42:26:19 - 03:45:55:18 B W Silent 1932 Khyber Pass Territory, Afghanistan, India (present-day Pakistan) or Waziristan (present-day Pakistan) -- VS motorcycle (pith helmet resting on handlebars) in arid terrain w mountains in BG. VS small fort on horizon. Long fortress. Road obstructed by river flowing in its path. VS Waziri guards w rifle (guns) on hilltop. Fortress tower w CU of architectural details. Possibly India (present-day Pakistan): MS 3 men in turbans & fez laugh while pointing at motorcycle. HA motorcycle w soldiers & men at border patrol checkpoint. PAN across mountains w clouds in sky & motorcycle parked on gravel road (great shot). Odd structure w man near motorcycle. Men guard fortress w snowcapped Hindu Kush mountain range in BG. VS people at gate. PAN trees & mountains in valley. Road between Kabul, Afghanistan & Khyber Pass -- HA caravan travels on pass: women in black robes & veils camels carrying packs. Portrait of man (in turban) & teenage boy sitting. Man sits on rock w motorcycle in FG. LA man sits on rock pile. VS road through mountains. Men travel w donkeys carrying loads. 03:45:55:19 - 03:47:08:19 B W Silent 1932 Afghanistan -- Kabul: VS long whitewashed building for bazaar stalls w Afghani men (in turbans) & boys in streets. Caravan of donkeys passes through passageway at market. Kandahar: VS mosque w minarets, women in black veils walking in FG. Kabul: camel caravan passes through busy street. Desert: camel caravan walks away. 3 Afghani men & 1 teenage boy (carrying rifle--gun) sit on road between Kabul & Kandahar w motorcycle in BG. 03:47:08:20 - 03:48:19:08 B W Silent 1932 Afghanistan -- Ghazni, located on the Kabul-Kandahar trade route. VS ornately carved Ghazni victory columns. VS citadel, towers. Souk (outdoor markets) w men walking on street. VS HA PANS Beehive villages (native dwellings architecture). 03:48:19:09 - 03:50:54:22 B W Silent 1932 Afghanistan -- desert: Portrait 3 Afghani men laughing & smiling on road between Kabul & Kandahar w camels carrying hay. VS motorcycle parked in front building w people, including women covered in veils watching. Man carries gas cans. Men stand near motorcycle w fortress in BG. Motorcycle covered in mud CU wheel covered in mud. Group of Waziri men (some w swords--weapons), boys watch & listen to off-camera action. VS musicians playing drums & flute-like musical instruments. VS men & teenage boys perform sword dance around camp fire during daytime w Westerner watching. HA man throwing branches on fire dancers spinning. Fulton changes tire. Motorcycle parked between barriers w natives looking at camera. 03:50:54:23 - 03:55:00:14 B W Silent 1932 India -- Udaipur, Girwa Valley, Mewar, Rajasthan: steps lead into river or lake w men, boys (wearing loincloths) washing clothes & bathing. Teenage boy in elegant clothes sits on horse in street. Man rides elephant through street w children running ahead during wedding procession. VS City Palace from water (Lake Palace). Crowd of women w saris covering their heads on street. CU oar rowing boat on lake w bridge in BG. Ganges River: PAN from distance women beating clothes w stick during washing . Woman chases cow away w row of women bending while washing clothes, filling jugs w water. Women place jugs of water on their heads. Man sits w camels in front of fortress. VS City Palace & Lake Pichhola. People pass through fortress gate. Ganges River: banks crowded w people. Udaipur: City Palace & Lake Pichhola. HA children washing in lake. OVERHEAD people washing clothes on steps to water. 03:55:00:15 - 03:58:29:14 B W Silent 1932 Udaipur, India: Carts & camels pass in opposite directions w fortress in BG. Men & boys bathe & wash clothes at lake w clothing drying in trees. Women wash clothing in lake w fortress wall in BG. VS MS man rowing boat on lake (or river) w city walls & bridge in BG. Men & women walk through gate carrying bundles & jugs on their heads. CU large siege door w metal spikes. Man washes teeth. Ox-driven taxis & man on bicycle pass through gate. LS bridge w hilly countryside in BG. Man beats turban on rock on steps to lake. Group of women w saris covering their faces. VS EXT city walls man on camel. WA PAN city. 03:58:29:15 - 03:59:55:08 B W Silent 1932 Udaipur, India: LA ornate palace. View through gate w metal spikes on heavy door & archways in BG. View of palace across lake w palm tree in FG. VS palace EXT. LS palace & lake in valley. VS bridge. Man sticks hand in food vat w flies swarming.
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