BRITISH CALENDARGreat Britain
DOCUMENTARY. Tanganyika on the eve of independence. An interview with Julius Nyerere.
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COTTON OF TANGANYIKA 1960
KenyaShows all stages in the planting, growing, work in the ginner and the buying and selling of cotton.
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BETWEEN TWO WORLDS 1960
WIND OF CHANGEGreat BritainHow a college education in Dar es-salaam is changing the lifestyle of Victor Kimeseru, a Masai tribesman from Tanganyika.
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Selkirk Collection
Wild life in Lake Manyara National Park. Forest Fire. Village street. Local boys cutting grass with machetes. Mother elephant with calf. Elephant herd behaviour. Wildebeest herd. Ploughing openland by oxen team with European helping. ...
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Marsh Collection
This film includes footage of building work going on in Kisumu docks, a family Christmas, sailing boats racing on a lake, views taking whilst travelling around the country and film of the Lake Works and survey camp and people working ...
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Williams Collection3 x Edited films. 'Local leave': record of holiday journey through East Africa. Map shows journey: from Uganda through Kenya, and back to Uganda via Tanganyika. Train Journey - Kampala - Nairobi - Mombasa. Fort Jesus. Zanzibar: ...
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SISAL 1958
EAST AFRICA'S EXPANDING INDUSTRIESGreat BritainTraces the history of the development of the production of the hard fibre, sisal, and shows growth and processing, and finally the many uses of the fibre. Sisal is one of the greatest industries of East ...
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Tanganyika
Promotional film highlighting work done at the Tanganyika Branch.
Pleaes note: film made 8 years after Tanganyikan RC started - in 1949 - hence film probably made in 1957 - Lady Limerick laying foundation stone (in 1951) - men's ...
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Holmes Collection
Film of Sisal production in Tanganyika filmed over a period of 18 months during 1955-56(?)
Production / Donor Details: The donor Mrs Holmes was born in Arusha, Tanganyika in 1925, and was a Colonial Nursing Sister in Tanga, ...
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Holmes Collection
Film of Sisal production in Tanganyika filmed over a period of 18 months during 1955-56(?)
Production / Donor Details: The donor Mrs Holmes was born in Arusha, Tanganyika in 1925, and was a Colonial Nursing Sister in Tanga, ...
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Silk Collection
Travel diary shot by Mr Silk during his farewell tour of Africa after leaving his job as Agricultural Officer in Ghana. Tour begins in Cairo.
Production / Donor Details: Mr Silk was an Agricultural Officer on the Gold Coast between ...
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