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The Gold Coast achieved independence as Ghana in 1957.
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 ...