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 (silent black-and-white and color reversal; 820 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1946-1955
container: label: Container
content: Item 2000.6.1-10
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 three rolls were assembled by the archivist for digitization.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film footage shot in Rwanda and Uganda.

The first film roll begins with the same shots of an African man and boy as at the end of roll 2000.6.1-9. It includes Ramah Sharpstone and a friend posing with a local tribal chief then with King Mutara III Rudhigwa of Ruanda-Urundi; and the Sharpstones traveling through a game reserve: hippos, a dying antelope being prodded by another antelope, the second antelope fleeing, the dying antelope being dragged off into the bush by a lioness, a large herd of elephants crossing the road, a flock of great white pelicans, and elephants bathing in the river. The flim then switches to black-and-white and inlcudes a lake boat surrounded by Africans and three white men in raingear; views from the boat of other boats and people; a rhino running away from the bank; hippos diving out of the way of the boat; and Ramah and friends standing by a boat. The film then switches back to color and includes a heard of elephants moving away from cars into the bush, others grazing in the savanna, and more grazing by a lake (possibly Lake George).

The second film roll is back in Uganda near Kilembe and includes a mountainside with veins of open ore; huts and buildings (possibly the homes of mine workers); two friends of David Sharpstone walking down a road with a dog; Sharpstone's car turning at the sign "Kasese air field"; mine managers, employees, and geologists filmed coming out of a house and posing for a picture; and western men walking around the grounds of an estate or hotel.

The third film roll includes wildlife grazing.