Sharpstone Film Footage of Africa
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Sharpstone, David Collier
label: Collection Creator
content: Smith, Lance Bales
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content: David Collier Sharpstone films
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content: David Collier Sharpstone films / Sharpstone Film Footage of Africa
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (black-and-white and color reversal; 670 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1940-1955
container: label: Container
content: Item 2000.6.1-14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Moving Images
label: Type
content: Film reels
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The two rolls were assembled by the archivist for digitization.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film footage shot in Cape Town (South Africa), Khartoum (Sudan), Tsavo National Park (Kenya), and Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe).

The first film roll includes scenic views; a sign: "Groot Constantia die geskiedkundige van der stel woning toeganklik vir die publiek" ("Groot Constantia which historian Van der Stel made accessible to the public"); Musa Zulu, the manager of Stoneycroft farm, who accompanied Ramah and David Sharpstone on this trip as their driver, speaking with a group of Masai; panoramic shots of the area around Mount Longido; a building with writing "Longido(?) Hotel Food and Tea Tea room Sport soda Mandasi Pakis…" in a village with Africans; the Sharpstones back at Victoria Falls with friends (possibly Sam and Maggie Coulter); David Sharpstone standing by the Zambezi River; Sharpstone seated with a friend's wife by the river with his movie camera, smoking a pipe; Sharpstone standing with his back to the camera gazing at the river; friends posing by David Livingstone's statue; panoramic shots of the Zambezi and Victoria Falls; and Ramah and David Sharpstone throwing sticks into the water for Ramah's two German Shepherds.

The second film roll includes a sign: "Cordons Tree Marine Airport Khartoum"; views of the city from across the Nile, a harbor, western and African sail boats, a fort on the water's edge, and street scenes; Africans walking or riding bicycles through the market area, some wearing traditional dress, others wearing western dress; a sign on a store: "H Fazel curiousities Merchant"; a group of school boys posing smiling for the camera, men in traditional dress sitting around with a female traveling companion of Sharpstone's walking past; views of the market; the same woman posing with a small black man on crutches wearing a white suit; views from a car proceeding through the streets and towards the African housing section of Khartoum; views of a felucca and sailboats on the Nile; a church; more views of a church, the palace, and western housing along the banks of the Nile; aerial views from a plane; some shots of unloading workboats; a sign: "Hier Ruhen sechzehn Deutsche Helden" with a list of names and rank; women in traditional dress staring at the cameraman and walking; an African guard dressed in a khaki uniform standing beside the entrance to Tsavo National Park and a sign: "Tsavo National Park warning this area contains dangerous game you enter at your own risk Exercise care"; and wildlife (giraffe, antelope, gazelles, rhino, hyena, and lionesses).