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Documentary looking at the work done at the Guild Hospital to help orphans, lepers and the work done in `the ...
Amateur footage shot in Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia, showing how the mine and the community have developed since 1930
Amateur footage of a trip from Madagascar to Pemba Island.
The film opens in colour with a French steamer leaving Madagascar ...
Carving wooden pillows. Cutting a suitable branch - a forked section - which is measured, shaped with axe and adze ...
Pottery making methods among the Bimal tribe at Danana, Somaliland.
Dry clay is collected and pounded and sifted to make a ...
Pottery making methods among the Eile tribe at Gelib, Somaliland.
The potter and his wife. The woman puddles the clay. The ...
Story of the work of Commissioner Sanders, the King's representative among the tribes of British West Africa. [Features Chiefs and ...
Methods of making mats from leaves are demonstrated by women of Magnasa and Bimal tribes.
INTEREST. Aspects of life among the Swazi; parts of the Kingship and First-Fruits Ceremony, or Incwala, shown. Shots of countryside ...
Images of Africa including taking car on a raft across a river, elephants, hippos and African women.
INTEREST. Travelogue. A compilation film purporting to be a journey through Africa, using stock footage, and extracts from non-fiction and ...
INTEREST. The highlands of Rhodesia.
Credits (37). A map of Southern Rhodesia outlining the Eastern Districts (55). Beira: over shots of ...