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Pottery making methods among the Bimal tribe at Danana, Somaliland.
Dry clay is collected and pounded and sifted to make a ...
Pottery making methods among the Eile tribe at Gelib, Somaliland.
The potter and his wife. The woman puddles the clay. The ...
A John Page film showing the various processes involved in pottery making in the Gold Coast (Ghana). "The film opens ...
An investigation into the need for Kariba now that the Central African Federation has ended. John Hooper weighs up.
The opening of the Kariba Dam.
Kariba built for power provision for the North and South. An examination of social structures between white and black, role ...
The Owen Falls Dam, how it was planned and built and how it will supply Uganda w ith electricity. Shows ...
European team tackle eradication of the fly which causes Onchoceriasis ('River Blindness'). Habitat of the fly and larvae. Exploration of ...
ACTUALITY. Long shot of President Kruger.
A long shot of Kruger leaving his residence to be driven off to the Volksraad. ...
The Roundel of the Rhodesian Air Force bears the lion insignia, hence the play o n a "pride" of eagles. ...
Harold Wilson explains the government's decision to send troops to Zambia and to tighten trade sanctions against Rhodesia.
Illustrates primitive methods of iron smelting by means of account of methods used today by the Bantu peoples.
"INCIDENTS DURING HIS VISIT TO FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE". Two shots of official ceremonies during which the Prince is not seen ...
Prince Philip's visit to Gambia; a crocodile shoot in the jungle; presiding at a gathering of Gambia chiefs.
Short account of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to the Gambia as part of his four-month world tour, ...
A pantomime on the Boer War in the form of a boxing match between men dressed as John Bull and ...
INSTRUCTIONAL. The cultivation of sugar and coffee in Kenya
Credits (6). A man spoons brown sugar into his coffee cup (26). ...
Semi-fictionalised film showing the rle of the local council in Kojokrom, a town in the Western Region of ...
An African hospital.
The film covers the reception and treatment of a street accident case, with a glance at the X-ray ...
Shows the long-term side of Oxfams's work through the example of Basutoland, whe re Oxfam is financing farmer training and ...
Pygmies of the Central African rain forest; aspects of their way of life - domestic, hunting, and bartering.
INTEREST. The Victoria Falls.
Various shots of the Falls seen from different angles (181). A small boat, manned by Africans, being ...
Newsreel coverage of an RAF photographic survey of East Africa.
No. 68 Photographic Squadron, which has been redrawing the map of Africa, moves all its men and equipment by air ...