Object Details
Collection Creator
National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
Collection Citation
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Edited film with intertitles. Depicts early development of areas of East Africa. Shows clearing of forested land, dams, and fields of sisal hemp plants. Scenes of African workers in the hemp mills, game animals on the Akamba Game Reserve, the ""Ugonda railroad"". Footage also includes shots of non-westernized Africans with tall headdresses and zebra-striped shields. Scenes in the "native" campsites with cattle, women smoking.
Legacy Keywords: Agriculture clearing burning Africa ; Developement Africa ; Dams Africa ; Dance dancing Africa ; Camp Africa ; Cordage rope preparation manufacture sisal hemp Africa ; Fauna giraffe monkey zebra Africa ; Game preserves Akamba Game Reserve Africa ; Headdresses headgear Africa ; Railway Ugonda Railroad Africa ; Weaponry shields Africa ; Africa ; East Africa ; Zulu (African people) ; Masai (African people)
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Local Number
HSFA 1994.14.1
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Extent
Film reels (13 minutes, black-and-white silent)
Date
circa 1920s
Archival Repository
Human Studies Film Archives
Type
Archival materials
Film reels
Collection Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Restrictions
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
HSFA.1989.09_ref10
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HSFA
Record ID
ebl-1633046501165-1633046501172-3