Movie Description

Men of Africa

(1940)

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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Original TitleMen of Africa

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1940-09-01

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 28m

Homepagehttps://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/4739

Production CompaniesStrand Productions