CAROL MARSH AFRICAN FILMS NO. 10

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 367444).

Synopsis

1947: 1) Dead person (possibly male), surrounded by family members; 2) Northern Nigerian scenes in modern area; 3) various shots of people relaxing, mostly whites; 1942: 4) Assob Falls(?) swimming scenes; African boys and young men in a kind of Church Army uniform; baptising Africans by immersion in a stream; the whole precession heads back to ?; 5) various interesting native village scenes; 6) Muslims praying; a white group (Missionary and his wife, etc) wandering around ; various scenes in tribal (Fulani) villages at different places and times, probably in Northern Nigeria; 1946: shrines with skulls of sacrifical animals in the wall; fishing boats and fishermen at the edge of the sea; a train journey; landscape shots and native scenes from the train; women doing one anothers' hair. Rest of reel: native village scenes...

 

Titles

  • BRENAN NO. 10 (Alternative)
  • CAROL MARSH AFRICAN FILMS NO. 10 (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1940
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Colour and Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
847 ft
 

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