ZANZIBAR, EAST AFRICA

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 619642).

Synopsis

Amateur. Buildings, shops and local life on the island of Zanzibar, East Africa.

View from aircraft landing. Ivory tusks on wagon. Aircraft (East African Airways) on runway. Aerial views from aircraft - clouds and land below. More ivory tusks on trolley. Sailing from mainland, views of white buildings on coast. On Zanzibar - municipal/government buildings?. Main square. Narrow streets - sign `Bagham's Street'. Christian church yard. Policeman. More narrow streets with shops. African and Asian shopkeepers. Market with bananas and sugar cane. Vegetable store. Young men mending holes in the road. Large fishing vessels in harbour. Small children reading the Koran. Older European man talking to old local man by lily pond. Interior of church (?) - ornate metal railings. View across rooftops. CU ornate doorway. Rickshaw drivers at rest. The market - cloth sellers, spices, hessian, ropes. Sunset against palm trees.

 

Titles

  • ZANZIBAR, EAST AFRICA (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1957
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Colour (Kodachrome)
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
411 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
 

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