Film reels (12 minutes, color silent; 441 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1954
Scope and Contents:
Footage shot in Accra, Gold Coast (Ghana) depicts domestic life in an extended family compound of an important chief of the Kwahu who was an important supporter of Kwame Nkrumah. Shots include: boys playing soccer, a seated circle game, and board game; washing clothes and ironing with coal heated iron; food preparation and cooking; nursing; children bathing; and sweeping compound. Additional footage shot in Ghana contains a rally in Black Star Square with Kwame Nkrumah and a market. Non-Ghana footage includes shipping port in Canada and Bedouin camp and market in North Africa.
Supplementary materials: annotations (recorded narratives).
Cameraman: Frances Chapman
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.13.9
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Colin Turnbull films, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
