Macpherson Collection 1: The Gambia west Africa 1954-1971
This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2006/083/001).
Synopsis
Rural countryside by the River. Village life with women grinding millet and dancing. Village musciens with their drums.
Village wrestling competition. Village blacksmith working with his assistant operating the bellows.
Official British officers visit to country school. Searching for water by using a douser wand.
Digging a pit for a well setting up and putting into use a well-head wheel.
Titles
- Macpherson Collection 1: The Gambia west Africa 1954-1971 (Archive)
- Series Title:
- Macpherson Collection
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1950
- Running Time:
- 33 minutes 58secs.
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 8mm
- Sound:
- Mute
- Footage:
- 400
