Men of Africa

Men of Africa

Release date : September 1, 1940
Runtime : 28m
Countries of origin : United Kingdom /
Original Language : English / Swahili /
Director : Alexander Shaw /
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Production companies : Strand Productions /
September 1, 1940 28m United Kingdom English More
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A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as representative examples of the Colonial Empire. A tribal dance hints at the "life of fear and uncertainty" replaced by British rule, a village's "squalor" the need for continued war on "ignorance, poverty and disease." "Much can be achieved by money and the initiative of the White Man:" film hints at hydro-electric schemes, modern harbours (Mombasa), roads, bridges etc and illustrates in more detail hospital expansion; tsetse fly research and control; relieving malnutrition; agricultural improvement; education (primary school; Makerere College)." - Abridged version of synopsis on colonialfilm.org
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Malcolm McDonald
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Leslie Mitchell
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  • title:Men of Africa
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1940
  • Runtime:28m
  • Genres:
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom ·
  • Original Language: English · Swahili ·
  • Director: Alexander Shaw /
  • Writers:
  • Production companies: Strand Productions ·
  • Overview:A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as representative examples of the Colonial Empire. A tribal dance hints at the "life of fear and uncertainty" replaced by British rule, a village's "squalor" the need for continued war on "ignorance, poverty and disease." "Much can be achieved by money and the initiative of the White Man:" film hints at hydro-electric schemes, modern harbours (Mombasa), roads, bridges etc and illustrates in more detail hospital expansion; tsetse fly research and control; relieving malnutrition; agricultural improvement; education (primary school; Makerere College)." - Abridged version of synopsis on colonialfilm.org
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