Pottery in the Gold Coast
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1996.4.2
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content: William Byrne films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (10 minutes, black-and-white sound; 319 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film produced by the British Ministry of Information documents work at a government training center for pottery making in the Gold Coast Colony (Ghana). Included are scenes of trainees digging clay, transporting it to "weathering pits," mixing clay with water, kneading and wedging clay, weighing it and "throwing" clay on potters wheel. Also shown is partially dried pottery being shaped and smoothed before glazing and firing. A large kiln is opened after firing and cups, plates, bowls and jugs are removed.