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    Great Britain

    A trip to West Africa by Guinness employees.

    A lorry carrying crates of beer, it stops at an isolated building to make a delivery. Pan across the buildings in a small village. Exterior of the general store, with members of the ...

     
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    Great Britain

    Tells the story of an industrial enterprise, which showed for the first time how the forest resources of Nigeria and Ghana could be used.

     
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    Ghana

    A farmer in the Gold Coast (Ghana) learns how to increase his yield of cocoa through the use of insecticides.

     
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    Ghana

    DOCUMENTARY: Independence Day celebrations in Ghana, including ceremonies and pageants and the opening of the Ghana Parliament by the Duchess of Kent. The commentary makes a strong plea for racial tolerance, as well as mentioning the possibility ...

     
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    BLACK POD 1955

    Ghana

    Cocoa plantations in the Gold Coast (Ghana) and how they are affected by insects and the negligence of farmers.

     
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    Ghana

    Comedy. Mr. Mensah entrusts the building of his house to his irresponsible nephew, who wastes all the money and materials. The situation is retrieved when Mr Mensah takes part in a government scheme that provides locals with free building ...

     
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    Great Britain

    Promotional film advertising Gold Coast Government Premium Bonds. One lucky winner is seen collecting wads of banknotes. "Buy A Bond, Win A Prize", an intertitle suggests.

     
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    Ghana

    Expert advice given to villagers to plant and grow vegetables for better yield and produce. Very similar to IT PAYS TO SPRAY.

     
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    Great Britain, Ghana

    The wealth which its timber brings to the Gold Coast.

     
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    Ghana

    The enlarging and improving of Takoradi Harbour in the Gold Coast.

     
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    Ghana

    Progress in the territory, showing schools, universities, buildings, education and political development.

     
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    Ghana

    An instructional film made on behalf of the Department of Social Welfare, demonstrating a new technique to teach English to illiterate adult audiences in the Gold Coast.

    The film's title appears on a blackboard, as an African instructor ...

     
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    Great Britain

    The building up of the cocoa-processing industry in the Gold Coast.

     
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    Ghana

    Ceremonies surrounding the installation of the Queen Mother of Enyeresi.

     
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    Ghana

    Native is instructed on irrigation by local Agricultural Assistant.

     
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    Great Britain, Ghana

    The correct method of harvesting, fermenting and grading of cocoa.

     
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    INDUSTRIAL OBSERVERGreat Britain

    INTEREST.

    RL.1 Opening shot of a map of Europe and Africa with a route plotted from London to the Gold Coast. Takoradi, one of the Gold Coast's larger towns is shown. Shots of the streets, the shopping centre, ...

     
  • PROGRESS IN KOJOKROM
    GB

    Semi-fictionalised film showing the rle of the local council in Kojokrom, a town in the Western Region of the Gold Coast (Ghana).

    The film opens with a schoolteacher announcing the council election results. Mr Addo, ...

     
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    Ghana

    A story of transition within the Gold Coast, as the boy Kumasenu moves from a small fishing village to the modern city of Accra.

    'Lured by the false stories of his cousin Agboh, the boy Kumasenu leaves his village to seek adventure in the ...

     
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    TELEVISION NEWSREELGreat Britain

    Nkrumah acclaimed on release from jail.

     
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    BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSGreat Britain

    Locals in Accra vote in the first General Election which results in victory for the Convention Peoples Party.

     
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    Great Britain

    INTEREST. A film on the Gold Coast [Ghana], including a record of the 1946 Ashanti Durbar at Kumase.

    RL.1 The town and port of Accra. 200 miles inland, the town of Kumase, capital of Ashanti. Mixture of African and European ...

     
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    Great Britain

    "This is a brief survey of progress made by the British Government in helping forty separate colonial territories to raise their standards and increase their wealth. After a summary of past difficulties - diseases that killed people and ...

     
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    '"How better ways of feeding children came to an African village".

    A Story told in the traditional idiom of an African folk tale. Why so many babies die - and what to do about it if you want the babies to live. Foriwa has a baby. Like many women ...

     
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    Great Britain

    Coverage of the Colonial Exhibition in Oxford Street held during Colonial Month in the summer of 1949 to 'spread the spirit of co-operation and mutual understanding'.

    A suited black man and woman within London point at a banner that ...

     
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    Great Britain

    Lime production on the Gold Coast and the manufacture of lime juice.

    The film opens with shots of locals collecting fruit from the trees in their baskets and then carrying the baskets on their heads. The commentator explains that ...

     
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    COLONIAL CINEMAGAZINEGreat Britain

    Gold Coast. A new fish-canning industry which has been started at Osu.London. African students visit the Fire Brigade H.Q. and see a fire display.

    'Gold Coast government starts Canning Factory' Women cleaning ...

     
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    GOLD COAST REVIEW

    Cinemagazine chronicling the change and progress taking place in the Gold Coast.

    "Consists of the following items:- Governor meets Chiefs at Dodowah: the first meeting of the Governor with the Joint Provincial Council of Chiefs ...

     
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    GOLD COAST REVIEW

    Cinemagazine chronicling the change and progress taking place in the Gold Coast.

    "Consists of the following items:- 'Number, Please!' The Story of the training of Telephone operators at the Central Telephone Exchange in Accra. ...

     
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    Great Britain

    The method of harvesting cocoa in the Cold Coast. The cultural background of the people and cutting of the cocoa pods to the export of the beans are shown.

     
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    Great Britain

    INTEREST. Bead-making and leather-working in West Africa.

     
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    CINEMAGAZINEGreat Britain

    1. Coastal Trader: Indian seamen in their primitive vessels. 2. Doggett's Coat and Badge: the annual race in London for Doggett's coat and Badge, and £20, the race is rowed in light skiffs from London Bridge to Chelsea, by ...

     
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    BRITISH NEWSGreat Britain

    For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIAL TO HISTORIC BATTLE LORD LOUIS AT JAIPUR CELEBRATIONS FARMERS' HUNT IN WARWICKSHIRE MONTY VISITS ACCRA RUGBY. WALES V. AUSTRALIA

     
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    Great Britain

    Intended for African audiences, the films shows the opening of the African Conference in London in September 1948 and the visits made by the delegates during their stay.

    Delegates from Africa arrive at Lancaster House. Inside the ...

     
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    Great Britain

    How Gold Coast villagers benefit from a modernisation of their methods of weaving.

     
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    COLONIAL CINEMAGAZINEGreat Britain

    Nigeria: Palm oil mill. A modern method of palm oil extraction. Gold Coast: Houses to last. A quick and inexpensive way of building houses.

    'Nigeria - a Modern Method of Palm Oil Extraction' Two men walk to palm ...

     
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    Great Britain

    Students trained at Achimota College in Ghana in modern methods of spinning and weaving pass on their knowledge to a village in Togoland where a primitive loom is still in use.

     
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    Great Britain

    Tour round a market place in Accra, made from COI material taken in the Gold Coast.

     
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    Great Britain

    Traditions and rituals of marriage and dowry in Gold Coast of Africa. Tale of how Arabella has her dowry added to at various stages of her life from birth to marriage.

     
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    COLONIAL CINEMAGAZINEGreat Britain

    'London: This magazine is devoted to the activities of the Gold Coast Band during their visit to the U.K. The music track is an actual recording of their playing' (Colonial Cinema, December 1947, 95).

    The ...

     
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    Great Britain

    A Central Office of Information film outlining the planned development of the Gold Coast over the next ten years.

    Over footage of a beach, scrolling titles introduce the film. 'The colonies are the responsibility of the British ...

     
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    COLONIAL CINEMAGAZINEGreat Britain

    Inter-colonial sports. Nigeria v Gold Coast at Lagos 1947.

    'Inter-Colonial Sports Nigeria v Gold Coast, Lagos 1947'. The police ground Ikoyi, Lagos 19/4/1947, the venue of the AAA meeting. Europeans and ...

     
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    Great Britain

    A film produced in West Africa in order to show how, by sensible conduct and precautionary measures in the home, you can prevent the spread of the disease.

     
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    Ghana

    Scenes from the service conducted by His Lordship the Bishop of Accra at Bukom Square, Accra, Ghana.

     
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    Great Britain, Ghana

    A film which shows the primitive conditions of the people of the northern region of the Gold Coast. It shows how a government plant to improve the cattle is working with the co-operation of the people.

     
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    Great Britain

    View of the coast from surf boats, Portuguese palaces, canoes used for fishing, women cleaning the catch, mud ovens for smoking fish, repairing nets. Children playing in the village and the sea. A man weaving cloth and making soap from ...

     
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    Great Britain

    Colonial troops in England for the Victory Parade on 8 June 1946.

    Colonial troops arrive in Britain for the Victory Parade. First, 'officers and men of the great West African Frontier Force' arrive at Liverpool on the liner ...

     
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    Great Britain

    A John Page film showing the various processes involved in pottery making in the Gold Coast (Ghana). "The film opens with a map of Africa with the Gold Coast specially marked. Details are then given of an experiment being carried on in ...