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Men of Africa (1940)

ALL 09/01/1940 (en) 28 Min
  • Release
    09/01/1940
  • Production
    Strand Productions
  • Rotten tomato
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  • Original title
    Men of Africa
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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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

  1. Alexander Shaw

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Basil Wright

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Malcolm McDonald

    As Himself

  2. Leslie Mitchell

    Voiceover/Narration

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 2 , Crews : 4

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Men of Africa (1940) 28 Min

ALL 09/01/1940 (en)
  • Release 09/01/1940
  • Production
    Strand Productions
  • Original title Men of Africa
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

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

  1. Alexander Shaw

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Basil Wright

    Producer



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