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Nigeria gained independence from the British Empire on 1 October 1960.
I. "AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM ARRIVES IN INDIA". Australians arrive in Bombay for a cricket tour that will take them to ...
Film account of the part played by the 81st and 82nd (West African) Divisions in the third Arakan ...
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 ...
I. "THE EMIR OF KATSINA COMES TO INDIA TO SEE HIS WEST AFRICAN TROOPS" The Muslim Emir of Katsina (on ...
The new resident minister in British West Africa, Captain the Rt. Hon. Harold Balfour M.P., meets the Nigerian Emir at ...
A young African girl is crowned the May Queen in the village of Stanion, Northamptonshire.
The film opens with shots of ...
An illustration of the role of African servicemen in the Second World War. The King's African Rifles and the Royal ...
For detailed shot list, contact NFTVA. Items include: The KING WITH THE CANADIANS DESPATCHES FROM TUNISIA FUNERAL OF A V.C. ...
A tribute to the "new Empire of the British Commonwealth of Nations" and more specifically to King George ...
An African hospital.
The film covers the reception and treatment of a street accident case, with a glance at the X-ray ...
1) Native troops (in Northern Nigeria?) parading at small barracks or guardpost; 2) Africans along a road; 3) river with ...
1947: 1) Dead person (possibly male), surrounded by family members; 2) Northern Nigerian scenes in modern area; 3) various shots ...
1945: 1) Maize, guinea corn (sorghum) growing; 2) native gathering with dancing; (young men being beaten - Sharo Festival); 3) ...
Life and industries in Nigeria.
Reels 1 and 2 of the Morrison Collection show the whole of the construction of the Jekko Falls Hydro Electric ...
Amateur footage by J.N. Jeneid (tour manager with Thomas Cook) of scenes(?) shot in West Africa, the Canaries and Tenerife ...
A record of measures taken against an outbreak of plague in Lagos, followed by footage of welfare exhibitions in Lagos ...
This is a personal film record of a visit to mainly Nigeria but touching on Sierra Leone and other ports ...
The wedding of Phyllis and John Ticehurst in Lagos, Nigeria on 12 October 1936; the first wedding to be filmed ...
Documentary looking at the work done at the Guild Hospital to help orphans, lepers and the work done in `the ...
Story of the work of Commissioner Sanders, the King's representative among the tribes of British West Africa. [Features Chiefs and ...
Dancing competitions and various masks. Umu-Chuku, Mbaku & Amanuke. Grandfather Maw, Enu-Ugwu-Abaw; Spirit maidens (Aghogho Mmonwui); District Officer mask (Onyeocha)?; ...
Amateur film showing native dances, markets and race meetings in Nigeria.
Travelogue. Scenes in Northern Nigeria. A compilation of footage taken from other films (see note at end of synopsis).
No titles. ...
Travelogue of the Northern Provinces of Nigeria, highlighting the contrast between old and new methods. The film shows the development ...
How oil palm is produced in Nigeria.
The film opens with a map and a shot of a local plantation, as ...
INDUSTRIAL/ETHNOLOGY. Film on the Nigerian cotton industry and how the natives use cotton themselves in the manufacture of clothing.
""BLACK COTTON" ...
DRAMA. A love story of two generations.
R.1 Dr. Martin Sumner, a Victorian country doctor and early motor enthusiast, meets Dora ...
Filmed amongst the Sura and Angas people of the Bauchi Plateau in Northern Nigeria, where the rivalry between a British ...
INTEREST. Record of a journey in Africa, possibly in Nigeria.
No titles. Europeans stand by a train (1 frame). Logs seen ...
Production footage for a film about a journey down the River Niger, Africa.
No titles. LS man scaling down a palm ...
A journey along the West African coast to Lagos and scenes in Lagos.
No main title. "At sunrise we arrive off ...
A series of shots of the Niger Company's, J. Walkden's and W.B. McIver's buildings in Nigeria, usually consisting of a ...
Angus Buchanan's expedition to the Sahel region of the Sahara in 1922-23. Includes Sir Hugh Clifford and the Executive Council ...
INTEREST. Journey through the Niger Delta in Nigeria from Onitsha.
No titles. Travelling shot from boat of river bank at Onitsha ...
Footage of local life in Southern Nigeria.
INDUSTRIAL. The collection and manufacture of palm nuts and palm oil; travelling shots along the River Niger and its tributaries; ...
ACTUALITY. Nigeria (or Belgian Congo?): Lord Leverhulme and his host and hostess, followed by three more European men, walk ...
No main title. "Messrs. J. Walkden's Store" (3). LS of the store, name clearly seen, a European man stands outside, ...
CINEMAGAZINE(?) London scenes round Fleet Street; a brief dramatised history of the British policeman; tribal dances.
No title. View across Fleet ...
30 reels of various footage taken in Nigeria. Large proportion of footage shows public works.
South Africa: various scenes. Kenya. Safari. Nigeria: Market in Lagos (Lewis Street)?