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Glenn took his 16mm film camera through kandahar and helmand. he toured through villages and deserts. sometimes, hejust let the camera run. people chatter. fosters family kept the films in a trunk at home, and they kept a reel of tape, noting his impressions as plain as the day he recorde them. as the day he recorded them. their calm and optimism surprises our 21st—century heirs. a way to learn about country is to learn about people. it usually turns out people receive the wrong impressions as...

Electric power. and thats how our film—maker, glenn foster, came to be there. he was an engineer with morrison knudsen. mk drove roads through the desert and canals through the sand. it built three collossal dams at lightning speed. foster and mehtabuddin went out to film each stage of the project in detail, from the grand opening of the dams to the narrowest canals spreading across the desert. not many americans still remember the old days in helmand, but there are a very few.

As the day he recorded them. their calm and optimism surprises our 21st—century heirs. we tracked down fosters assistant, now living on the far side of the world in america.

Should someday be on everybody�*s tourist list. but the tourist of the future will not be able to see some of these things. we tracked down fosters assistant, now living on the far side of the world in america. he hadnt seen the films in 50 years. translation: thats me. this is

He stayed on for seven years, a keen photographer in black and white and marvellous colour. glenn took his 16mm film camera through kandahar and helmand. he toured through villages and deserts. sometimes, hejust let the camera run. chatter. galloping. fosters family kept the films in a trunk at home, and they kept a reel of tape, noting his impressions as plain as the day he recorde them. their calm and optimism surprises our 21st—century heirs.