Gold Coast Fisherfolk - Dublin 1943

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Full title reads: "GOLD COAST FISHERFOLK".

Accra, Gold Coast (Ghana).

Various shots of a little fishing port in Accra, Ghana. Native people come ashore with their catch and take it to market. Women carry bowls of fish on their heads and babies on their backs.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37932
Sort Number:
43/020
Time in/Out:
01:07:39:00 / 01:08:17:00
Canister:
43/20
Film ID:
1077.04
Issue Date:
11/03/1943

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