TANGA, EAST AFRICA

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 619643).

Synopsis

Amateur. Scenes in Tanga on the coast of Tanzania.

View from bungalow looking over to coast - Pemba Island (?) Black servant with a large fish. Views of ships in harbour. Small fishing boats. Telecommunications tower. General views of shipping. The old town - men with sewing machines. CU flowers. Train carrying cane/sisal. CU European family with small monkey. Little girl giving the monkey a wash. Hills - locals washing in river. Sisal plants (?) African village celebrations - dancing in traditional costume. Witch doctor treating young mother - covering her head with oil. Old woman with lip plug decoration. Young girls being borne on a bed. Men in costumes perform ritual dance. Crops in fields. Women working fields. Women pounding grain. Traditional fisherman with boat. Palm trees.

 

Titles

  • TANGA, EAST AFRICA (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1955
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Colour (Kodachrome)
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
562 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
 

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