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Mpanda (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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Gold-mining Tanzania, 1939-11 - 1940-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/20
Scope and Contents A 16 mm. colour film (9min 09sec). 'Tanganyka Territory' Tabora Region. Tanazania. Notes on the film read: 'Uvinza to Mpanda Goldfield. Nov. 1939. Musoma of Kagera. Jan 1939. Musoma. Jan 1940'. Workshop / factory indoor scenes. Men showing a large dead crocodile. Riverbank scenes of rope pulled ferry and women doing laundry. Men working the riverbed of several narrow water channels (races). Panners at work; fully laden ore waggons. Landscape near the gold mining plant (battery). People...
Dates: 1939-11 - 1940-01
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.