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Uganda, 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/12

Scope and Contents

An undated 16 mm, black-and-white cinefilm, without sound. The writing on the film can says 'Lutenbe and Karamoja. Birds and Buck Kasi[a]o and Church's elephant'. Kasi[a]o may refer to Kasiso, in Luwero District, Uganda. (see: http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2423916&fid=6454&c=uganda). Website accessed on 01/01/2014.



0 - 50sec. Crocodile swimming in a river, coming up to the bank and being thrown chunks of meat by a partially visible man.
50sec - 1min. View from a high elevation of a number of cars at some kind of meeting point, where a car is loaded and driven away.
1min - 1min 10sec. Showing a street scene, with many people loaded into and on a car.
1min 10sec - 1min 25sec. Cattle being watered by a man who is scooping the water out of a deep pit with a bowl.
1min 25sec - 1min 45sec. Donkeys and cattle herded into an area.
1min 45sec - 1min 55sec. Seated man feeding cattle from a bowl.
1min 55sec - 2min 05sec. Man wearing nose and ear jewellery. The nosepiece covers his mouth.
2min 05sec - 2min 55sec. Large group of people holding spears, then walking in formation, beginning to jump and dance. Europeans (with their backs to the camera) watching.
3min 05sec - 3min 10sec. Group of women walking towards, and past, the camera. Two of the group each have a child secured on their back.
3min 10sec - 3min 16sec. Showing a close-up of a young girl wearing many necklaces, some made from shells.
3min 16sec - 3min 28sec. Landscape scene, with antelope.
3min 37sec - 3min 46sec. Large group of people dancing and jumping. Some form a ring around the outside and are holding hands.
3min 46sec - 4min 05sec. A heavily laden car drives along the undulating roads. There are a number of people watching.
4min 32sec - 5min 02 sec. Europeans and others walking through a rocky area.
5min 02sec - 5min 09sec. Large group of people dancing and marching in lines, each holding a spear.
5min 09sec - 5min 30sec. Lone antelope grazing.
5min 30sec - 5min 40sec. Three Europeans sitting outside being served drink from a bottle, and raising their cups to the camera.
5min 40sec - 6min. Large group of people jumping and running in circles.
6min - 6min 10sec. Moving train of loaded donkeys, as women with pots on their heads walk by.
6min 10sec - 6min 23sec. A close-up of a man standing in front of some huts talking and laughing to someone off camera.
6min 23sec - 6min 39sec. People passing by the camera, some have guns, some are wearing feathered headdresses.
6min 39sec - 6min 48sec. Close-up of two people wearing headdresses, others dancing.
6min 48sec - 7min 02sec. Car being helped along a muddy road by use of branches and other fauna.
7min 02sec - 7min 14sec. Ostrich.
7min 14sec - 7min 27sec. Pair of large birds, perhaps East African
crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps - also known as Crested Cranes, a sub-species of the Grey Crowned Crane].
7min 27sec - 9min 07sec. Deer.
9min 22sec - 9min 29sec. Deer attempting to eat (from) a metal pan.
9min 29sec - 9min 40sec. Hippopotamus.
9min 40sec - 10min 10sec. Elephants.
10min 10sec - 10min 16sec. View from behind a man who has a gun on his shoulder, watching a herd of elephants. One of the large elephants runs away.
10min 16sec - 10min 36sec. Herd of elephants.
10min 36sec - 10min 39sec. Cars driving through the plains.
10min 39sec - 9min 42sec. Man facing the camera holding a gun.
10min 42sec - 11min 57sec. Large herd of elephants mostly obscured by the foliage.





































Dates

  • Creation: 1925

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Series:

With the exception of RCMS 20/3/1, the cinefilms may be viewed online with the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service at:

http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657

For copyright reasons, researchers wishing to view RCMS 20/3/1, (Colonial Cinemagazine 29, Colonial Film Unit, 1950) should make an appointment with the RCS Librarian to view the film in Cambridge University Library. Email:

rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright Cambridge University Library.

Extent

1 item(s) (1 cinefilm)

Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Generally fair condition.

Existence and Location of Originals

A copy of this film is available for viewing at University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service:

http://sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657

Related Materials

See also Tymms photographic collections relating to Africa in 'First African survey' (RCMS 20/2/6).

General

RAS.

Finding aid date

2003-08-26 10:46:08+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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