Men of Africa 1940
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A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as representative examples of the Colonial Empire. A tribal dance hints at the "life of fear and uncertainty" replaced by British rule, a village's "squalor" the need for continued war on "ignorance, poverty and disease." "Much can be achieved by money and the initiative of the White Man:" film hints at hydro-electric schemes, modern harbours (Mombasa), roads, bridges etc and illustrates in more detail hospital expansion; tsetse fly research and control; relieving malnutrition; agricultural improvement; education (primary school; Makerere College)." - Abridged version of synopsis on colonialfilm.org
- Title: Men of Africa
- Year: 1940
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- Country: United Kingdom
- Studio: Strand Productions
- Director: Alexander Shaw
- Cast: Malcolm McDonald, Leslie Mitchell
- Crew: Basil Wright (Producer), Harry Rignold (Camera Department Production Assistant), Jo Jago (Camera Department Manager), Alexander Shaw (Director)
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- Release: Sep 01, 1940
- Runtime: 28 minutes
- IMDb: 0.00 / 10 by 0 users
- Popularity: 1
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: English, Kiswahili
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