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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.