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
 




