ACCRA MARKET 1948
Tour round a market place in Accra, made from COI material taken in the Gold Coast.
Tour round a market place in Accra, made from COI material taken in the Gold Coast.
Intended for African audiences, the films shows the opening of the African Conference in London in September 1948 and the visits made by the delegates during their stay.
Delegates from Africa arrive at Lancaster House. Inside the ...
INTEREST. The work of the craftsmen in the Kenyan textile industry and the West African silversmiths and jewellers.
INTEREST. Bead-making and leather-working in West Africa.
Illustrates the life and training of an African Nurse. Girls apply to the Methodist Hospital at Ituk Mbam to train as nurses, they take examinations, and after 7 years of training she goes to take charge of a four-bed maternity home ...
Good practice in animal husbandry illustrated through the daily life of a Kenyan cattle farmer. He milks cows, delivers milk to the dairy, looks after cattle, castrates bulls. The Veterinary Service helps to improve his livestock.
AMATEUR. Footage of events in Bahrain 1938-48.
An animated map is shown, followed by general views of the country, and its peop le and their work. Concluding with a horse race.
Near Nairobi, Kenya. Africans build a good permanent house using mainly materials which are available on the spot.
In a local village a colonial official arrives in a car to help re-build a house for locals. The film commentary ...
Account of the delights of fishing for tuna and other large fish.
HOME MOVIES. Scenes of the sugar cane industry in British Guiana (Guyana).
Sugar cane loaded from boat onto a river bank. Man cutting down cane with a machete. Man carrying cane on head and throwing it into a large rectangular ...
Includes item on Gandhi's fasts in India to bring about Hindu and Muslim unificaiton.
Includes Jewish refugees in Cyprus.
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA. Items include SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIAL TO HISTORIC BATTLE LORD LOUIS AT JAIPUR CELEBRATIONS FARMERS' HUNT IN WARWICKSHIRE MONTY VISITS ACCRA RUGBY. WALES V. AUSTRALIA
For a detailed shotlist, contact NFTVA.
Items include: WALLABIES HUMBLE ENGLAND BURMA CELEBRATES INDEPENDENCE IN LONDON The NEW YEAR
INTEREST.
RL.1 Opening shots of an arch in Colombo and Ceylonese people. After the achievement of full independence, the opening of the new Parliament by the Duke of Gloucester is shown. A brief historical resume of ...
DOCUMENTARY. Shows some problems to be faced before Nigeria can hope to become an independent nation within the Commonwealth.
RL.1 Different races and religions in Nigeria to be integrated - The Moslem Northerners ( ...
ACTUALITY. The 1948 Conservative Party conference: Oliver Stanley's speech on the benefits brought to the colonies by private enterprise and R.A.Butler's presentation of the Agricultural Charter.
1. Coastal Trader: Indian seamen in their primitive vessels. 2. Doggett's Coat and Badge: the annual race in London for Doggett's coat and Badge, and £20, the race is rowed in light skiffs from London Bridge to Chelsea, by ...
The method of harvesting cocoa in the Cold Coast. The cultural background of the people and cutting of the cocoa pods to the export of the beans are shown.
An athletics meeting, concentrating on the Nigerian athletes, at Hotspur Park for the annual Challenge Cup and a reception of the Nigerian paramount Chief the Oni of Ife.
Credit and main title (34). "LONDON ...
Nigeria: Palm oil mill. A modern method of palm oil extraction. Gold Coast: Houses to last. A quick and inexpensive way of building houses.
'Nigeria - a Modern Method of Palm Oil Extraction' Two men walk to palm ...
The copper mining industry in Northern Rhodesia.
A film in three parts looking at the process of extracting copper ore from waste rock and smelting the refined metal into pure copper bars.
Part 1. Milling Shows the various crushing and grinding machines, including: the primary ...