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Nigeria gained independence from the British Empire on 1 October 1960.
ACTUALITY. Local chieftains at an official function in Nigeria.
The work of a cocoa farm in southern Nigeria. On a cocoa farm in southern Nigeria, ripened pods are cut ...
An athletics meeting, concentrating on the Nigerian athletes, at Hotspur Park for the annual Challenge Cup and a reception of ...
Inter-colonial sports. Nigeria v Gold Coast at Lagos 1947.
'Inter-Colonial Sports Nigeria v Gold Coast, Lagos 1947'. The police ground Ikoyi, ...
Agriculture in a Nigerian African school. Wales. Colonial students meet young farmers at Lampeter. London. Malayan students at a Colonial ...
Nigeria: Palm oil mill. A modern method of palm oil extraction. Gold Coast: Houses to last. A quick and inexpensive ...
Gold Coast. A new fish-canning industry which has been started at Osu.London. African students visit the Fire Brigade H.Q. and ...
'Nigeria - Akeredolu the Woodcarver' Mr Akeredolu carving human figures using thorn tree wood. Small heads and models. Larger heads ...
Coverage of the Colonial Exhibition in Oxford Street held during Colonial Month in the summer of 1949 to 'spread the ...
A survey of various community development projects, connected with housing, health, irrigation and transport organised by individual villages with the ...
Record of the operation to separate the Siamese twins from Africa.
Angus Buchanan's expedition to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23. Includes Sir Hugh Clifford and the Executive Council ...
DOCUMENTARY. A maternity hospital is built by natives in the Eastern Nigerian village of Umana.
Rl.1 Opening shots of the natives ...
INTEREST. Journey through the Niger Delta in Nigeria from Onitsha.
No titles. Travelling shot from boat of river bank at Onitsha ...
TRAVELOGUE.
Rl. 1. Aerial shot of Lagos; Ibadhan - University College Hospital; fishing village near Port Harcourt; village funeral rite; village ...
The Dudley family sail to Nigeria by passenger ship in 1957, and drive by car to their residence up-country. The ...
The Emir's palace and town street scenes in Zaria, Nigeria
SIR BRYAN * SHARWOOD-SMITH> KNIGHTS THE EMIR OF KANO, ALHAJI MUHAMMADU * SANUSI>
Procession involving the Etsu of Nupe; shots of life in the town of Bida, Nigeria
Two items on the logistic aspects of the campaign in Burma: the "bloodless battle" of the latter stages ...
General impression of the Sahara city of Kano, culminating in the concluding festival of the Moslem Ramadhan.
A film produced in West Africa in order to show how, by sensible conduct and precautionary measures in the home, ...
An African boy and his girl in a small village in Nigeria, and impact of Westernisation due to coming of ...