BENGUELA RAILWAY: A MILESTONE IN AFRICAN CIVILISATION

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 18107).

Synopsis

"INTEREST. Travelogue" The film opens with a map of Africa with pointer showing places on the railway line (89-117)(150-166); Lobito Bay, the starting point of the railway (192-222); a ship loading at Lobito dock (230-277); the SS Angola leaving Lobito (281-301); unloading rolling stock at the dock for the railway (306-433); a train pulling in at Lobito station (436-495); the station restaurant (497-508); the train arrives at Catumbella station (514-575); the train crosses Catumbella bridge (582-614); shots of the train travelling through sugar plantations (657); past the Caimbambo rocks (661-674); through the farm lands of Chimboa (679-754); goods being brought to the station at Longonge (763-802); the Lepe rocks (808-823); the train travelling round a bend (833-873); streets in Huambo (Nova Lisboa) (879-948); loading sacks of maize on the train (952-965); building railway workshops at Huambo (Nova Lisboa) (972-1008); the model township for the workers (1015-1047); the Quando river, the site for the new dam (1058-1091). "End of part one". (1093). "Rl.2" The train leaves Huambo (Nova Lisboa) (1101-1152); it passes through the farmlands of Silva Porto (1168); a wheat field (1170-1179); picking oranges in a grove (1182-1195); the village pump at Silva Porto (1200-1217); a herd of cattle on a ranch (1224-1277); view from the train crossing the Quanza river and a shot of the train (1290-1333); a coffee plantation (1338-1362); a field of sisal (1370-1386); the falls of Koemba (1391-1435); the train seen passing through forest land (1438-1470); loading material at a railway construction depot (1475-1491); the construction train arriving at the railhead (1500-1581); plate laying (1726); laying ballast on the track (1731-1768). Lumiji bridge under construction (1772-1791); leaving Luacano by car (1809-1833); following the track to Elisabethville (1879); crossing the Mukuleji river, the car is ferried across on a raft (1883-1974); on the track once more (1978-2019); a street in Elisabethville (2038-2047); in the Ruashi and Luishia mines (2053-2073); Lubumbashi, the blast furnace smelting plant (2079-2097); the treatment centre at Panda (2109-2159); a sintering plant (2167-2173); molten copper from the blast furnace (2179-2206); copper ingots (2212-2226) (2231).

 

Titles

  • BENGUELA RAILWAY: A MILESTONE IN AFRICAN CIVILISATION
 

Technical Data

Year:
1928
Running Time:
25 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
2231 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Producer
WOOLFE, H. Bruce
Production Company
British Instructional Films
 

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