Moroccan Snake Charmer (1960)

M/Ss and C/Us of various colourful and exotic flowers and trees at the Sultan’s Palace of Tangier in Morocco. M/S of the snake charmer and his musician (both in traditional costume) squatting down on a path lined with vegetation; the musician is playing a drum held up against his face while the snake charmer is pulling snakes out of a basket. C/U as he holds two of them up near his face and bobs his head around. C/Us of the drummer; the snake charmer putting his tongue out towards the snakes; the commentator tells us he has lived in the Palace gardens for as long as anyone can remember, and learnt his craft the hard way, gradually building up a resistance to their poison (I’m not looking forward to watching the next bit...). M/S as two other men enter and squat down with the musician to watch the charmer. C/U of the charmer who allows one of the snakes to bite his hand - yeuch! It seems to really lock onto his hand. He then puts them back in their basket - good! He then spreads some straw-like