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Kenya. A District Development Team tackles disease, bad farming methods and ignorance.
'When Mr. Creech Jonmes, Secretary of State for the Colonies, cut a symbolic turf on the site of the new ...
Cinemagazine chronicling the change and progress taking place in the Gold Coast.
"Consists of the following items:- 'Number, Please!' The Story ...
"Consists of the following items:- Governor meets Chiefs at ...
The work of the Central Hospital, Elat, Cameroun, especially its care for lepers. The case of Moses Mvondo is followed ...
A young African leaves his village in Swaziland and seeks fame and fortune in Johannesburg.
Scenes around a farm bought in Kenya.
KENYA GLIMPSES. Kenyan farm. Cattle, ox wagon, landscape, watering cattle, farmhouse, washing coffee berries. ...
4 stories. NIGERIAN SECOND FESTIVAL OF ARTS. OLYMPIC SPORTSMEN VISIT LAGOS, WEST AFRICA'S FIRST ARCHBISHOP, L.N. BINING. KING'S BIRTHDAY PARADE.
Coverage of the 18 strong Nigerian football team, the first ever to leave West Africa, who played nine matches in ...
Illustrates primitive methods of iron smelting by means of account of methods used today by the Bantu peoples.
Cultivation of tobacco, season by season on a Southern Rhodesian estate,from the preparation of the ground to the curing and ...
General account of the production of tobacco, with special reference to Southern Rhodesia; includes a study of an actual tobacco ...
Lime production on the Gold Coast and the manufacture of lime juice.
The film opens with shots of locals collecting fruit ...
A JOURNEY ALONG THE UPPER ZAMBEZI> BY CANOE
Coffee cultivation around the village of Marangu on the lower slopes of Kilimanjaro.
Described by the voiceover as 'the true story of Mai Mangwende, the wife of Chief Mangwende of Southern Rhodesia and ...
Celebrations in Zanzibar to mark the 70th birthday of the Sultan Seyyid Khalifa Bin Harub.
Tour round a market place in Accra, made from COI material taken in the Gold Coast.
Intended for African audiences, the films shows the opening of the African Conference in London in September 1948 and the ...
INTEREST. The work of the craftsmen in the Kenyan textile industry and the West African silversmiths and jewellers.
INTEREST. Bead-making and leather-working in West Africa.
Illustrates the life and training of an African Nurse. Girls apply to the Methodist Hospital at Ituk Mbam to train ...
Good practice in animal husbandry illustrated through the daily life of a Kenyan cattle farmer. He milks cows, delivers milk ...
An animated map is shown, followed by general views of the country, and its peop le and their work. Concluding ...
Near Nairobi, Kenya. Africans build a good permanent house using mainly materials which are available on the spot.
In a local ...
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIAL TO HISTORIC BATTLE LORD LOUIS AT JAIPUR CELEBRATIONS FARMERS' ...
DOCUMENTARY. Shows some problems to be faced before Nigeria can hope to become an independent nation within the Commonwealth.
RL.1 Different ...
1. Coastal Trader: Indian seamen in their primitive vessels. 2. Doggett's Coat and Badge: the annual race in London for ...
The method of harvesting cocoa in the Cold Coast. The cultural background of the people and cutting of the cocoa ...
An athletics meeting, concentrating on the Nigerian athletes, at Hotspur Park for the annual Challenge Cup and a reception of ...
Nigeria: Palm oil mill. A modern method of palm oil extraction. Gold Coast: Houses to last. A quick and inexpensive ...
The copper mining industry in Northern Rhodesia.
A film in three parts looking at the process of extracting copper ore from waste rock and smelting the refined ...
Problem of the Italian Colonies, Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia; how they were acquired by Italy; their position in the ...
The Ground Nut Scheme in Africa by the United Africa Company.
Jungle Jim and Dr. Parker arrange a safari to get a valuable drug to cure polio. The trip is sabotaged ...
Scenes in a walled Mohammedan city in N. Nigeria.
The film shows the industries, schools, administration and communications of the city. ...
Life in the Chaga village of Marangu in Tanganika, near Mt. Kilimanjaro.
The film shows the role of the chief in ...
Pottery in Sierra Leone.
A Nigerian hand-farmer sees the benefits of his neighbour's mixed farm; the running of a mixed farm, including the cultivation ...
Leslie Henson's home movie. Sierra Leone. Leslie Henson with native girl. Game reserve. Natives
The story of Lawani, a Nigerian cocoa farmer and member of a Co-operative Primary Society, who with his son and ...
Traditions and rituals of marriage and dowry in Gold Coast of Africa. Tale of how Arabella has her dowry added ...
Amateur footage of the Oxford University expedition to Gambia in 1948. Part 1. Packing the trucks in Oxford and on ...
By means of a letter addressed to 'the members, Cinema Clubs for Girls and Boys, Great Britain', a young boy ...
Entertainment film for children's cinema clubs.
Newsreel coverage of an RAF photographic survey of East Africa.