TORO 1927

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 18612).

Synopsis

Amateur film.

Girls school run by missionaries - shots of Miss Attlee teaching the girls English games with African actions (e.g. "This is the way we dig our garden" instead of "wash our hands"); Miss Marshall and the girl guides (one of whom became the Archbishop of Uganda's wife); Toro market with railings between the purchasers and vendors; members of the Bakonjo tribe from the Mountains of the Moon at the Schofield's home where Mrs. Schofield plays gramophone records to them. One man smokes a pipe made from the middle rib of a banana(?); Bakonja/Baarba carrying rice in to the Schofield's garden to sell to them.

 

Titles

  • TORO NINETEEN TWENTY SEVEN (Alternative)
  • TORO 1927
 

Technical Data

Year:
1927
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Photography
SCHOFIELD, Dr.
 

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