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Trails And Rails 1930-1939
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Produced by British Instructional Films Ltd. Documentary about building railways in West Africa.
Map of Africa. Footage of African people playing indigenous musical instruments and performing traditional dances. A large group of "slaves" dig in synchronicity with a "conductor" indicating when...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- sound
- Media URN:
- 70617
- Sort Number:
- DOCS
- Time in/Out:
- 01:50:26:00 / 02:01:09:00
- Canister:
- DOCS
- Film ID:
- 1399.09
- Issue Date:
- 1930 - 1939
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- Afrique(s) 3 Temporary workspace: 12.4.2010 17:55 Railways travelogues Railways story of Pathe ep 4 Johannesburg 1920s/30s Temporary Workspaces: 3.10.2011 20:01 South Africa Empires of Trade - Tobacco and Sugar ARK RIVERS
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"mealies" at the end of Para 2 IS the correct word, it refers to corn or maize.
"Silverporto" should read Silva Porto (an Angolan town now known as Kuito).
Final line - its Kwango River, not Kwando. (Kwando also needs changing on Line 6 of third Para).
Thanks for these - can anyone confirm the spelling of "Koemba".