CAROL MARSH AFRICAN FILMS NO. 5

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 367441).

Synopsis

1945: 1) Maize, guinea corn (sorghum) growing; 2) native gathering with dancing; (young men being beaten - Sharo Festival); 3) building a house; 4) African medicine man, dancing on Jos plateau, Nigeria, or eastward; 5) possibly an agricultural festivity ceremony; person dressed in green leaves dances around, watched by a group of natives; 1947: 6) village scenes; 7) wildebeest, giraffe, lion, elephant; 8) tribal dancing in red headdress on Jos plateau. Locations uncertain.

 

Titles

  • BRENAN NO. 5 (Alternative)
  • CAROL MARSH AFRICAN FILMS NO. 5 (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1940
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Colour
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
246 ft
 

Production Credits

 

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