Film of Nigeria
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Lagos (Nigeria)
label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Weddings
label: Topic
content: Funeral rites and ceremonies
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from the National Anthropological Archives in 1999.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (14 minutes, color silent; 497 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: From the Peace Corps papers, Willie Mae Watson folder, National Anthropological Archives.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1999.08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film documents a celebration of Nigerian independence attended by British royalty (possibly Queen Elizabeth). Pageantry includes processions of various leaders and their tribal members and dances. Film also includes street scenes in Lagos with a parade of Catholics and Protestants adults and children, school children in their uniforms, a funeral procession of a sportsman (Chief Joseph Koshonicla Randle?) and children playing games.  A European influenced wedding is contrasted with a traditional Nigerian wedding which includes a recreation for the camera of a boy meets girl, boy wins parental consent to marry girl story. Cameraman is Olojo Kosoko.

Legacy keywords: Politics and government ; Processions ; Musical instruments drum ; Dance ; School children ; Games children ; Marriage customs and rites; Funeral rites and ceremonies

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The National Anthropological Archives holds the Mae Watson papers, part of the Peace Corps papers.