“ LIFE OF A NOMAD PEOPLE “ 1949 NOMAD TRIBE OF MOROCCAN SAHARA DESERT EDUCATIONAL FILM XD80344a

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website “Life of a Nomad People” (1949) is a black-and-white educational film made by Coronet Instructional Films. This film sheds light on the lives of nomadic people who travel from place to place, searching for food for their flock and water and food for their people. Specifically, this film takes a look at the life and customs of nomadic Amazigh/Berber people indigenous to North Africa as they travel through the Moroccan Sahara. It is interesting to note in this film some of the ways the presence of the French in Morocco impacted the customs and traditions of the nomadic people from using spoons to eat couscous instead of their hands and binoculars to look out into the vast desert landscape. The French protectorate in Morocco, also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco between 1912 and 1956. At the center of Morocco’s independence movement were Amazigh tribes from across the country. Arid, desolate desert landscape (Moroccan Sahara); herd of camels in distance ushered by shepherds dressed in long robes and turbans riding on horseback, kids trail behind (0:08). Map of the world - narrator highlights regions where nomadic communities are prevalent: Arctic Tundra, Asian Steppe, Australia, North Africa (0:59). Close-up of North Africa, arrow points to dot in Sahara Desert in far eastern Morocco, western Algeria (1:22). “Sheikh” (Nomad leader) points to place to set up next camp, dry and bare area with shrubs for flocks to graze (1:25). Example of one of nomad family: mother, father, young daughter and son unloading a family tent from camel’s back, woman wears traditional Amazigh/ Berber dress (2:10). Close-up tent material made of cloth made from wool and goat hair (2:24). Women continue setting up tent while father and son oversee goats, sheep grazing (2:32). Father and son wear clothing to protect from sun - turban, Moroccan Berber cape (“bernute”) (2:44). Mother and sister continue lacing tent together, wool carpets and other household items laid across ground (3:08). Mother pours out water from goat skin bag (“mashakali”) (3:49). Brother and sister sit at water hole and refill the water bag (4:02). Mother sits on ground and uses hand to sift through couscous (fine semolina flour and national dish of Morocco) in shallow clay platter (4:20). Three men stand shoulder to shoulder and perform one of the five daily Muslim prayers facing east towards Mecca (4:29). The family gathers in the tent and sit on ground around communal plate for supper, important to note that this family uses spoon to eat while couscous is often eaten using ones right hand as the vessel/ utensil (4:41). Bonfire illuminates the faces of children sitting around bonfire listening to storyteller (“Hakawati”) (5:00). Father and son head to grazing area to relieve shepherd of his post watching the livestock graze (5:30). Mother and daughter weave carpet in hand loom built into tent, use wool collected from sheep (5:56). Mother uses traditional stone hand-mill (“r’ha”) to ground flour (6:19). Father and son stand at top of hill and use binoculars to look out into horizon, search for missing goat, son and another villager set off into desert to look for animal (6:47). Sheikh arrives on horseback and greets the shepherds, group must take down camp and move to another site (7:45). View of group “breaking camp,” each family takes down their tents and loads items onto camel’s back (8:42). Group seen as small specks in distance walking further into desert (9:22). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit