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
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content: 1 Film reel (silent black-and-white and color reversal; 150 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1946-1955
container: label: Container
content: Item 2000.6.1-11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
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content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Moving Images
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content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Film footage shot in Uganda. It includes Ramah and David Sharpstone visiting a friend at his home built of fieldstone and cement with a tile roof; Ramah chatting with him; and the Rwenzori mountains with clouds and mist. The film then switches to black-and-white and includes road signs: "Ruwenzori 47 KM, Kasimiri 77 KM, Katwe 113 KM, Port Portal 238 KM, Kampala 525 KM" and "Kommanda 125 KM, Irumu 144 KM, Kilo, 252 KM, ABA 678 KM, Stanleyville 747 KM"; a group of Africans gathered together while one beats on the side of a petroleum drum; a view of the mountain road as it snakes its way down to the valley; Africans walking along a busy road carrying bundles on their heads and delivering to a building with a sign, "Ruzizi"; a woman pounding a cotton bundle; two African men in traditional dress tamping the cotton into a container made of sticks lasted together in a cylindrical shape for transportation; a group of African women in traditional dress; a white man, possibly part of the Sharpstone party, asking an African woman and her children to pose for a picture; an African woman with a baby strapped on her back; a small, old African man standing and staring, wearing traditional dress, beads and a pouch around his neck; more women and children; a man showing off his braided hair; African men in dugout boats spearing fish and by the side of the lake (possibly Lake George) cleaning fish; men carrying cleaned fish on a pole over their shoulders; two men carrying fish in a basket strung on a line, posing for the camera; women carrying gourds and balancing large pots on their heads; Ankole cattle wandering around; a group of African men, women, and children passing by carrying woven baskets, skins, and bananas; a group of men, women, and children; men and boys gathering root vegetables and putting them in baskets; and a market where Africans are displaying wares for sale.