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THE INSTALLATION OF THE SARDANA OF SOKOTO> AS PREMIER OF NORTHERN NIGERIA AT KADUNA>, 1ST OCTOBER, 1954
Tour of the beauty spots of Nyasaland.
Documentary on the dependencies of Mauritius, the islands of Rodriguez and Diego Garcia and the social and economic life of ...
Two short publicity films for Phillips bicycles for the West African market.
Various black men on bicycles pointing to leaves(?) sacks(?), ...
The Owen Falls Dam, how it was planned and built and how it will supply Uganda w ith electricity. Shows ...
Amateur footage of Harvard and Lincoln planes operating in Kenya. The film includes images of a bombing raid over the ...
Film about the building of the Kariba Dam and its effect on the lives of the local people.
Production / Donor ...
Begins with title board for Roach film 'Scenes in the Seychelles'. Then changes to colour family footage. Girls sitting on ...
Record of Baptist Missionary Society tour led by Sir Herbert Janes of various locations in Sierra Leone. Opens with boat ...
The enlarging and improving of Takoradi Harbour in the Gold Coast.
Lumberman's campaign to find and destroy a renegade white man who is leader of ferocious native tribe which terrorises an ...
Amateur film. The first section of the film includes shots of giraffes, elephants, a river with raging torrents, flowers, the ...
The wealth which its timber brings to the Gold Coast.
Story of Arab traders' seduction of Galana tribesmen from their peaceful ways and the efforts of a game warden to ...
INTEREST: Deals with the work of the Lagos Executive Development Board which was formed in 1946 to plan and develop ...
Annual ceremony of dancing to mark male and female circumcision ceremonies of the Bugusi-Sebei tribe in Uganda. The ceremonies lasted ...
INTEREST. Celebrations in Dar Es-Salaam to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Native is instructed on irrigation by local Agricultural Assistant.
INTEREST.
RL.1 Opening shot of a map of Europe and Africa with a route plotted from London to the Gold Coast. ...
Story of a police officer in Sierra Leone who has a love affair with a girl during his wife's absence ...
Ceremonies surrounding the installation of the Queen Mother of Enyeresi.
Europeasn are armed in Nairobi, now a "special area"; increased precautions against the Mau Mau.
Scenes in heavily guarded courtroom as Jomo Kenyatta and five other Mau Mau leaders were tried and sentenced.
AMATEUR/INTEREST. Kenyan landscapes and wildlife.
Trees, green hills and lake, medium shot of elephants, herd of elephants on plain with car ...
The correct method of harvesting, fermenting and grading of cocoa.
Dramatisation of the Bakiga people's attempt to cultivate the Kigezi district of Uganda, and their encounter with the Pygmies.
The camera ...
Rhodes Centenary exhibition. Royal family. Pavilions, exhibits. Grave of Leander Starr Jameson.
Production / Donor Details: Films Shot by Leslie Matisonn
Story of adventures of group of white people in building railway from Mombasa to Uganda in 1880.
"Smithers" is sent to Gwelo to investigate business oportunities - then follows an advertising film for Gwelo, tracing its history ...
Semi-fictionalised film showing the rle of the local council in Kojokrom, a town in the Western Region of ...
Film of Nyasaland and the Northern Rhodesian Federation (No. 44).
Contents: The Royal Tour: Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, 30th ...
A story told by a member of the B.S.A.P. Ayoung man leaves UK and joins B.S.A.P., the training routine is ...
Girls on giant tortoise. Hitting tortoise with stick. Swimming. Man with six fingers.
Mission hospital? Leper. Coastal scenes. Local boys climbing a greasy pole? Offcial visit: Governor? Crowds listen to address. Sailing ships. ...
The history of Basutoland and its people provides a background to the problem of murder for medicine in that country. ...
This film describes how new life was brought to the immense desert of the Sudan by harnessing the waters of ...
Highlights of the Central African Rhodes Centenary Exhibition, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
Travelogue of Uganda showing the wildlife.
Ronald Haines travelogue emphasising the variety of scenery and human customs in Africa.
Story of 6,000 mile journey by road rail and air from Cape Town to Cairo.
Record of Baptist Missionary Society tour led by Herbert Janes (later Sir Herbert Janes). Various parts of Southern Africa (including ...
A story of transition within the Gold Coast, as the boy Kumasenu moves from a small fishing village to the ...
Survey on resources of Northern and Southern Rhodesia, natural and human. Scenes in Lusaka and Salisbury. Southern Rhodesian delegation arrives ...
Conservative Party newsreel. Cartoon pointing out that there is no age limit for School Certificate entrants. The Commonwealth Conference. The ...
The importance of the life-giving waters of the Nile to Sudan and Egypt with property depending on the success of ...
Medical work of the Salvation Army in Africa.
Shows the various businesses Joe Hlahla an African landowner does.