Abbott (Suckling) Collection
Nigerian Police Passing out parade and Christmas in Nigeria
Production / Donor Details: Films shot by Bryan Abbott , who served in the Colonial service in Nigeria after WW2.
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Abell Collection
Life in Malaya, including British social occasions, the slaughtering of a cow and goats, and processions in honour of the Prophet Mohammed's birthday.
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Alley Collection
St. Alban's church (Lutheran) on Azania Front.
A street scene showing a shop selling kangas.
Twiga Hotel - the most modern hotel at that time.
The Buddhist temple in Garden Avenue.
The pombe (beer) market.
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Atkinson Collection
Film is mostly taken up with scenes on board ship, though there are some scenes in Aden: a car being loaded with baggage, and some people at work on cars, perhaps in a mechanic's shop (cars have Aden license plates).
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Great Britain
Amateur. People on beach. Locals fishing.
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Propaganda film made by Africans to show the people of Nigeria that leprosy can be cured if early treatment is taken instead of their relying on the witch doctors.
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BANANA CALYPSO 1958
Great BritainBiography of a banana, from Jamaican plantation to greengrocer's stall.
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Great Britain
Record of Baptist Missionary Society tour led by Herbert Janes (later Sir Herbert Janes). Various parts of Southern Africa (including Rhodesia), covering travel, location and landscape shots, shots of rural and urban life and some footage ...
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CHARACTER FORMATION IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
Compares treatment of Balinese and Iatmul (New Guinea) babies with American practices. Anthropology. The different methods of bathing children is seen in three contrasting cultures. "New Guinea". A native ...
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BEER AT ITS BEST 1955
NigeriaThe making of Star lager from Nigeria.
The film opens with the Star lager trademark as local music plays. As three African men sit outside drinking Star lager, a close-up of a tray reveals the company logo. The voiceover states that 'These ...
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BEFORE THE WIND 1953
MalayaAbu Baker is a poor fisherman from the east coast of Malaya. With only a sailing boat he is at the mercy of tide, wind and weather. If these turn against him he runs into debt with the fish merchant. But with government help he obtains a new ...
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BETWEEN TWO WORLDS 1955
Great BritainAspects of the major social problems raised by the rapid industrialisation of Northern Rhodesia; work done by the missionaries.
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BEYOND MOMBASA 1956
Great BritainAfrican adventure with wild animals and Leopard Men.
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BHOWANI JUNCTION 1956
USAIndia 1947. Story of an Anglo-Indian girl, feeling rejected by both her worlds, in the conflict between her attraction for an English soldier and the love offered her by a young Sikh, as well as another Anglo-Indian.
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BIRTH OF A DIAMOND 1958
Great BritainA visit to Sierra Leone where much of the world's diamond industry is centred. Processes of preparing diamonds for dispatch. Commentary by Franklin Englemann.
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BLACK LAKE 1952
Great BritainINTEREST. The extraction of asphalt from Pitch Lake in Trinidad, its transportation and export.
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BLACK POD 1955
GhanaCocoa plantations in the Gold Coast (Ghana) and how they are affected by insects and the negligence of farmers.
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BLACK TENT 1956
An army captain wanders, wounded, into a Bedouin tent, and is nursed by the Sheik's daughter, whom he marries.He returns to the army as the battle of El Alamein begins. He is killed during an act of heroism and is unable to see his child. Years after ...
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BORDER HIGHLANDS 1956
RhodesiaA colour travelogue intended to encourage tourists to visit the Eastern Districts of Rhodesia.
The film shows the the great ruins of Zimbabwe, follows a car journey to Umtali, before travelling through the fruit growing north and then on ...
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Great Britain
A study of the Malay people living in a Borneo village. Showing fishing and village life.
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BOY KUMASENU 1952
GhanaA story of transition within the Gold Coast, as the boy Kumasenu moves from a small fishing village to the modern city of Accra.
'Lured by the false stories of his cousin Agboh, the boy Kumasenu leaves his village to seek adventure in the ...
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Rhodesia
The work of the Zambesi valley game rangers, the effects of lake Kariba and its dam on wildlife and "Operation Noah".
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GB
The training and work of the Royal Naval Air Service.
Over shots of a dinghy sailing race among moored warships, the commentary speaks of the importance of airpower in modern naval training. The film then provides a ...
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Great Britain
Scenes in British Guiana. Local village life; sugar cane plantation work; cattle ranching; forest bird life; Amazonian Indian village; river rafting.
Kytor Falls. Women washing clothes in the river. Girl in hat. Street with river and ...
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