Film Number |
10732 |
Title |
WOODEN-FACED WOMAN |
Producer |
4th Baron Egerton of Tatton |
Date |
1932 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w & colour |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
15 mins 38 secs |
Description |
An elderly African woman with wooden plates in her mouth followed by shots of her husband and another woman with plates stretching her lips. African children with their mother and a man pounding corn into flour. Views of the mountains in Melfi in the French Congo, now Chad, then the straw huts of an African village. Scenes featuring hunters and dead wild dogs are followed by a woman walking to fetch water in a large pot on her head. A truck being driven onto a raft ferry boat then a elderly woman singing and dancing. The film ends with views of a river and waterfalls then a lorry being driven off the wooden ferry boat. |
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