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Unidentified African Development Story

Natural History Museum

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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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pc9c9be95ca-d13f-4a61-bddc-f0d81f47a520

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.
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Record ID

ebl-1633046501165-1633046501172-3

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