COLONIAL CINEMAGAZINE NO.8

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 4624).

Synopsis

Cinemagazine for African distribution. This issue contains items on road building in Kenya and on animals from Kenya at London Zoo.

'Kenya - builds roads' Kenya village, straw huts. Bulldozer clearing land to build roads. Trees uprooted. Stones / rocks fed into a machine to be broken up. Machine with conveyors, men working. Small pieces of rock into bucket. Road levelling machine. Most machines driven by Africans who learnt to drive during the war. The finished Nairobi to Limuru road.

'England - Animals from Kenya for London Zoo'. Crowds at London Zoo. Lions in cages from Africa. Leopard in cage. Flamingos from Africa in water. Mountain goats. Lorry transporter with crates of animals arriving from Kenya. Elephants and antelope unloaded. A Civet cat. A lion. Crowds looking at the elephant and the keeper feeding him.

 

Titles

  • COLONIAL CINEMAGAZINE NO.8
Series Title:
COLONIAL CINEMAGAZINE
 

Technical Data

Year:
1947
Running Time:
9 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Sound
Footage:
800 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Production Company
Colonial Film Unit
 

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