VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 366728).
Synopsis
At Udi in Nigeria.
Work goes on in a village. The chief takes other village chiefs on a tour of inspection eg, the dispensary, a concrete water tank with tap, men clearing and levelling the ground, the arrival of the district officer, the construction of a road by another village. Oil palm trunks used in the construction of a small bridge, bamboo cut down and tied. Materials being brought by a truck to the village, the construction of a dispensary [levelling, plot cut out using sticks and string, mixing cement, laying corner stones, weaving of palm leaf roofing, roof beams laid, securing palm leaf mats, [villagers working on the construction of a water tank.
Titles
- VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1948
- Running Time:
- 24 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm Film
- Colour:
- Black/White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Footage:
- 2130 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- Great Britain
- Production Company
- Colonial Film Unit