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Nigeria gained independence from the British Empire on 1 October 1960.
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)?