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
 

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Production Organisations