PALM OIL, LUMBER AND RUBBER IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 62054).

Synopsis

INDUSTRIAL. The collection and manufacture of palm nuts and palm oil; travelling shots along the River Niger and its tributaries; and rubber plantations in Nigeria.

Main title (6). Cutting down the palm fruit (24-43); stripping the husk (64-78); a boys holds a pile of nuts in his hands while smiling and laughing at the camera (88); the husk is beaten to a pulp in a mortar (96-129). Scenes in Aba where women refine the crude palm oil - in the open air lots of women tend to metal containers on the ground (132-164). Extracting the kernels from the nuts; men operating a grinding machine (179-190); the kernels and nuts are sifted (194-227). Pan of boys watching the camera, a canoe filled with nuts and the river bank (241). The kernels are mashed for the production of palm kernel oil - in a long wooden trough a row of men mash the kernels with their feet (247-257). Casks are filled with the oil and closed - men hammering the oil casks closed (266-280). Pan along lined up casks bearing the marks DEB and a number (286). The casks are rolled down to the river and lashed together to form rafts (294-345). Casks in storage and in rafts on the river at Abonema (355-367). Loading the casks at Opobo; pan of pier with casks, row boats in the harbour and two large merchant ships docked (374-420). Natives selling palm kernels at Oguta market - a large crowd of Africans, some with baskets, watch the camea (423-446). A paddle steamer - SS Kampfe - docked at Itobe is loaded with palm kernels - Africans carry baskets onto the boat (454-473). Scenes at Burutu; travelling shot from the river of two old hulks in the river used for storage; the port at Burutu showing docked ships and tugs (542). The Oil Beach at Burutu; oil casks stored on beach with merchant ships docked (599). "LUMBERING IN NIGERIA" (604). Travelling shot on river in the Benin country - passing a large colonial mansion (612-633); further travelling shots some showing rafts of mahogany logs tied up by the river bank (667); shots along the Ethiope River (743); the Jamieson River on the way to Sapoisa (761-815). Scenes on the rubber plantation of Messrs. MacIver Ltd near Sapoba; travelling shot along river (825-857); collecting rubber (886); pan of rubber plantation (914); squeezing water out of congealed rubber and passing the rubber through a wringer (941). Travelling shot from river approaching a village (958ft). Incomplete.

Note: The main title carries an illustration of two African boys with a case of Sunlight soap. Reference is also made to the Niger Company operations. Sunlight soap was produced by the Lever Company and the Niger Company was a subsidiary of Levers.

 

Titles

  • PALM OIL, LUMBER AND RUBBER IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA
 

Technical Data

Year:
1924
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Sponsor
Lever Brothers
Photography
WILSON, Frederick
 

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