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The Gold Coast achieved independence as Ghana in 1957.
82nd West African Division move their headquarters to the banks of the Dalet river, about a mile north ...
Gives a picture of the daily life of men and women native students at Achimota College on the Gold Coast, ...
Two items on the logistic aspects of the campaign in Burma: the "bloodless battle" of the latter stages ...
I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...
In the jungle around the town of Tamandu, Burma, a field hospital has been set up to look ...
Film account of the part played by the 81st and 82nd (West African) Divisions in the third Arakan ...
Opening with a map of the area, the film depicts aspects of village life as local women carry baskets and ...
I. "NATIONAL DEFENCE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH INDIAN TROOPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST" Touring members of the National Defence Council meet ...
I. "WEST AFRICAN'S ROLE IN INDIA'S DEFENCE" West African troops, "toughened by the toughest climate in the world", arrive in ...
An illustration of the role of African servicemen in the Second World War. The King's African Rifles and the Royal ...
A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George ...
I. 21 December. Opening with shots of African sappers unloading folding boats from a truck, the film shows the men ...
Reel 1 (AYY 294-1) Africans in shirts and shorts carry sacks of cocoa beans on their heads. The sacks are ...
Drama about an overseer of a rubber plantation.
"THE REGENTS PARK ZOO TAKES CENSUS OF ITS RESIDENTS" (53-65); MS a keeper preparing to make a note in a ...
For a detailed shot list contact the NFTVA. Items include: PERSONALITIES: A TRIBUTE TO MR CHAMBERLAIN AND OTHER ITEMS V.C.OFFICER ...
Film showing the food contributions supplied to Britain by various colonies and dominions.
Although more land has been given ...
DOCUMENTARY: Destroyer ship "H.M.S. Ashanti" makes her maiden voyage to Ashanti, the country after which she has been named.
Credits (31), ...
Story of the maiden voyage of HMS Ashanti, a Tribal Class destroyer, to visit the Gold Coast to ...
INTEREST. A film of British West Africa.
Credits (23). The primitive fishing of the natives on the Gold Coast - they ...
Amateur footage by J.N. Jeneid (tour manager with Thomas Cook) of scenes(?) shot in West Africa, the Canaries and Tenerife ...
Murder and blackmail in an African outpost.
The production of cocoa beans in the Gold Coast and their shipment to England.
After an opening title explaining that 'most ...
Gold Coast. Northern Territories. Study of Lizards and small insects on earth baked ground in open flat scrubland. Swarm of ...
Gold Coast. Group of small African boy with containers on their heads take water from a pond in the country ...
Story of the work of Commissioner Sanders, the King's representative among the tribes of British West Africa. [Features Chiefs and ...
Against the backdrop of the castles of the Gold Coast, the film shows the life of the local inhabitants.
The commentator ...
Advertising. Film showing the manufacture of Cadbury's products - cocoa, chocolate and 'Bournvita'.
Rl.1 Credits (54). PROLOGUE. The night watchman of ...
'The Port of Accra- capital of the Gold Coast and Headquarters of one of the Fry Buying Agencies.' Viewed from ...
Advertising film which shows all aspects of Cadbury's work from the harvesting of cocoa beans, the production of cocoa and ...
Documentary of the work of missionaries and the growth of Methodism in the Gold Coast (now Ghana), highlighting evangelism, education ...
Local people and coastal scenes on the Gold Coast around Elmina.
Production / Donor Details: Film shot by Walter Henry Beasley ...
AMATEUR. Film shot around the Gold Coast, with views from a train and a car, and shots of a small ...
INSTRUCTIONAL. The story of the building of the Takoradi Harbour on the Gold Coast. Opening shots of cocoa plantations where ...
WEST AFRICAN COCOA PLANTATIONS.
The construction of the Takoradi harbour near Sekondi.
Film on local life in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, in particular the Konkomba country.
After briefly outlining the ...
Documentary on the Gold Coast, showing the building of a new harbour at Takoradi, and the construction of roads and ...
The opening ceremony of Takoradi harbour by the Rt. Hon. J.H. Thomas on 3rd April 1928. Mr Thomas and the ...
The industrial development of West Africa (probably Gold Coast and Nigeria) under British rule.
West Africa before it was developed; forests ...
"A GOLD COAST ROMANCE - Police Corporal Williams and his dusky bride, from the Exhibition native village, married at St. ...
Scenes from the visit of Edward Prince of Wales (later Edward, Duke of Windsor) to Africa in 1925. The film ...