Marrakech Desert Paradise (1948)

Marrakech, Morocco, Africa. Pictured by Terry Ashwood. Street scenes and views of rooftops. History of Marrakech in voiceover. Atlas mountains. Prison Hotel grounds. Waiters. Orange trees. Donkeys carrying goods and people. Women wearing the traditional yashmak (or yashmac). A busy market. Buses are crammed with people and produce. Child walks along attention is drawn to his unusual shaven head and pigtail. Narrow streets with rush mats stretched across. Bazaars and souks. Voiceover speaks of the slave trade. Rails of clothes in a souk are featured. Joke made about the people of Marrakech catching up with the West the latest in underwear long undershirts. Exported, let s hope from Birmingham a batch of kitchen equipment pots and pans hanging up are shown. Spice seller with his spices laid out in piles on a newspaper. Money changes hands with stall owners. China seller. Bread seller. Doctors selling animal hides and jackal teeth. Makers of opium pipes don t