Gold Coast. Northern Territories. Study of Lizards and small insects on earth baked ground in open flat scrubland. Swarm of locusts in huge cloud attacking trees and almost blackening out the light. Tribal gathering in flat scrub ...
Gold Coast. Group of small African boy with containers on their heads take water from a pond in the country and carry this away in a long column. Large group of men and teenage boys work on the construction of an earth embankment in ...
Story of the work of Commissioner Sanders, the King's representative among the tribes of British West Africa. [Features Chiefs and members of the Wagenia, Acholi, Sesi, Teffik, Juruba, Mendi and Kroo tribes - Jomo Kenyatta, later an ...
Against the backdrop of the castles of the Gold Coast, the film shows the life of the local inhabitants.
The commentator outlines a brief history of the 'gleaming castles along the coast of Western Africa', explaining how the Union ...
Advertising. Film showing the manufacture of Cadbury's products - cocoa, chocolate and 'Bournvita'.
Rl.1 Credits (54). PROLOGUE. The night watchman of Cadbury's Bournville factory carries out his rounds (278). He returns to his ...
'The Port of Accra- capital of the Gold Coast and Headquarters of one of the Fry Buying Agencies.' Viewed from sea-level two rowing boats approaching large ship. 'Port Officials come aboard' similar shot with single boat approaching ship, ...
Advertising film which shows all aspects of Cadbury's work from the harvesting of cocoa beans, the production of cocoa and chocolate, to the paternal attitude of the company towards their staff.
RL 1: Titles and credits (44). "THE ...
INSTRUCTIONAL. The story of the building of the Takoradi Harbour on the Gold Coast. Opening shots of cocoa plantations where the cocoa pods are plucked from the tree trunks, the beans extracted and sorted by natives. Commentary explains ...
WEST AFRICAN COCOA PLANTATIONS.
AMATEUR. Film shot around the Gold Coast, with views from a train and a car, and shots of a small animal (a young deer of some kind) and a snake. There are also scenes of village life and a market, and pets(?).
Documentary of the work of missionaries and the growth of Methodism in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), highlighting evangelism, education and agricultural development.
Reels one and two missing.
Reel three. Wesley College, Kumasi ...
Local people and coastal scenes on the Gold Coast around Elmina.
Production / Donor Details: Film shot by Walter Henry Beasley in the Gold Coast in the 1930s.
