KHARTOUM - WEST TO LAKE CHAD

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 619644).

Synopsis

Amateur. A journey from Khartoum, Sudan to Lake Chad.

Traders in market square selling onions etc Ancient ruins in desert - Egyptian (?) carvings on stonework. Local Sudanese working in corn field. Men with camels and donkeys gathered along roadside. Westerners, in safari suits, stand beside jeeps. Local stall-holders with wares. Local men and women with earthernware pots (women all dressed in deep blue clothes). Ceramics (stoneware) on sale. Donkeys and camels parked beneath trees. General view of streets. Camel train. Jeep parked. Men triding on donkeys. Village women/girls carrying pots and smiling at the camera. CU flowering bush/tree. Jeep driving off along track. Brick-built house with thatched roof and surrounded by huts. General views across landscape. Young boy on white horse. Loading up jeeps in the morning. Men on horseback herding cattle. Local market - CU women selling grain in baskets. More men on camels. Sunset. African staff posing by red vehicle/jeep. Government buildings(?) By a lake (Chad?) local women gathering water, washing children.

 

Titles

  • KHARTOUM - WEST TO LAKE CHAD (Archive)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1956
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm Film
Colour:
Colour (Kodachrome)
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
688 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
 

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