Film Number

10715

Title

VIEWS OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA

Producer

4th Baron Egerton of Tatton

Date

1933-37

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

15 mins 37 secs

Description

This film shows Lord Egerton's journey across Namibia, Kenya and Somalia in a car and lorry and his encounters with the people. Titles include - 'A bushman dance' tribal dancing scenes, 'A 60 ton meteorite', 'Etosha Pan- the lorry pulls out the stuck car on this salt pan in Namibia, 'Fort Namutoni'- a fort in Namibia, 'Bushmen', 'Lorry stuck in a donga' - a donga is a small ravine, 'Otjawarango Station' - a 2ft gauge railway, 'The Chrysler car and the Chev. lorry in heavy sand', 'A grass track across the sands', 'A puncture', 'Donkeymobile at Kalchumbi' - a cart pulled by four donkeys, 'Hills on the edge of the desert', 'Herero natives on trek', 'Herero women', 'E of T in his Hupp 8' -the earl in his car, 'The Tana River' - in Kenya and 'Somali boys'.