Gladstone Collection: 3: Gold Coast/Ghana - Northern Territories 1957

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/083/003).

Synopsis

Subjects include crossing the Volta River by cable ferry; Ya Na Abdulai III, King of Dagbon, at Savelugu during independence celebrations, March 1957; Dagomba (Dagbamba) ritual drumming at Savelugu; roof thatchers at work near Tamale; schoolchildren eating lunch at Pong-Tamale; festive drumming and dancing for independence celebrations, probably near Navrongo; boys riding donkeys at Navrongo; Bolgatanga market; boys strip weaving at Pusiga; Bawku market; schoolchildren dancing and reading near Tamale; boys looking after cows in a yam field near Tamale; roadside and village scenes near Tamale; women and children fetching water from deep well near Tamale; river scenes, probably of the White Volta.

Production / Donor Details: This collection of films was shot by Miss Wilma Gladstone O.B.E., who first went to the Gold Coast from Edinburgh as an Education Officer at the Teacher Training College in Tamale in May 1945.

 

Titles

  • Gladstone Collection: 3: Gold Coast/Ghana - Northern Territories 1957 (Archive)
Series Title:
Gladstone Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1957
Running Time:
approx 33m 20s
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
approx 400ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis