BEIRA AND ITS HINTERLAND: THE ZAMBESI

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 375060).

Synopsis

INTEREST. A trip along the Zambesi in a steamer.

Titles for the series. (10) Map of Africa. (26) CU area around Beira. (37) Main titles. (44) "One of the most magnificent rivers in Africa" (48) Titles. (80) Iris opens out on a silhouette sitting on the bank of a river. (97) Titles. (109) MS steamer Luia. (137) Titles (154) MCU Passengers on the steamer and men on barges being towed alongside. (166) Titles. (175) MS steamer stops at a refuelling point to pick up wood. Men are seen carrying bundles down. (195) Titles. MCU helmsman (221) Titles. (227) MS Black crewmen (233) Titles. (236) MS cooking on the barge. (251) Titles. (257) Africans sit around the stove. (268) Titles (278) MCU three Africans eating nuts from a bowl. (285) Titles (293) MS boat navigates sandbanks. (304) Titles. (314) MS crew testing depth of water with poles. (326) Titles. Similar shot of bow of ship. (358) CU three men. (373) Titles. (385) CU two men. (398) Titles. (411) Africans in the water pull on tow rope to move the steamer off a sandbank. (422) Titles (428) Irised shot of two crocodiles jumping into the water from a sandbank. (443) Titles. (449) MCU Africans in the water. (467) Titles. (471) MS crocodile is shot by a passenger on the steamer. (480) Titles. (490) Africans reach the dying crocodile on the sandbank and club it. (496) Titles. (498) Sunset as the boat progresses. (523) Titles. (534) MS as the boat approaches Lupatu Gorge. (545) Titles. (560) Closer shot of the same. (562) European woman paints her initials on a rock by the gorge. (572) Titles. (577) Two Africans are showered with water by workmates. (589) Titles. (593) General view as the steamer passes through the gorge. (634) Titles. (639) Cliffs. (646) Titles. (653) General view upriver. (709) Titles. (713) Rapids. (732) Titles. (736) View of the sunset from the bow of the ship. (754) Titles. (759) LS Tete. (805) Titles. (808) Street scenes in the industrial quarter. (820) Titles. (823) MS Government House. (834) Titles (837) MS church. (850) Titles (856) MLS grand house. (867) CU same. (874) Natives in the foreground are ordered along by a European. (889) Titles. (892) MLS fort. (897) CU gateway. (906) General view of landscape. (923)

 

Titles

  • BEIRA AND ITS HINTERLAND: THE ZAMBESI
 

Technical Data

Year:
1920
Running Time:
15.3 minutes
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Belgium
Production Company
E. Gourdinne
 

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