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Reels 1 and 2 of the Morrison Collection show the whole of the construction of the Jekko Falls Hydro Electric ...
(1) Ocean voyage home from Pateau in 1939 in M.V. Accra. with visits to Maderia which show the local scenery ...
19th century geographer/explorers Richard Burton and John Speke make two successive journeys together to find the source of the Nile. ...
Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton visits Mau Mau territory and meets the senior chief of the Kikuyu tribe. Mr Lyttelton is ...
A day in the life of a 'typical' English family. Intended for African distribution.
After an opening shot of a policeman ...
Comedy. Mr. Mensah entrusts the building of his house to his irresponsible nephew, who wastes all the money and materials. ...
An interview with Ian Smith about the future of Rhodesia.
Amateur film of Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia: the mine, housing for Africans and Europeans. Testing water supply.
Amateur footage shot in Mufulira, Northern Rhodesia, showing how the mine and the community have developed since 1930
Amateur footage of scenes in and around Mufulira Hospital, Northern Rhodesia.
Mulenga is hired to do odd jobs in the grounds of a big house. However, another employee deviously tries to ...
Mulenga visits Lake Malawi and meets misfortune at every turn.
INTEREST. A survey of the position of natives in various parts of South Africa.
r.1 Shots of natives in a busy ...
Looks at the work of the Mzilikazi Arts and Crafts Centre in Bulawayo in training African artists, particularly in creating ...
Travelogue of everyday life in Nairobi, Kenya, concluding with the ceremony granting the town the status of a city.
A British ...
Amateur footage of scenes in and around Nairobi shot by Daniel Broad, British Trade Commissiner, Kenya 1934-1935. A house, the ...
Adventures of an Irishman in 1890 Africa, who came to join a friend and instead finds his widow, a girl ...
African Safari adventure film: a hunting expedition comes to grief when they fail to placate the natives. But the leader ...
Native life in Tanganyika and Kenya.
ACTUALITY. A lion hunt in East Africa.
"Native lion hunt" (2). An African on horseback canters towards the camera (9). African ...
Footage of local life in Southern Nigeria.
INTEREST. Scenes of African life in the Congo.
Main title (5). A mother sitting on the ground and surrounded by baskets ...
Outlines the measures farmers should adopt to prevent soil erosion.
A 4.7-inch naval gun being drawn across the drift by ox-teams. As the gun descends the steep embankment, it is ...