- Title: VM-566B
- Summary: COUNTING ON THE FUTURE: 5 DEVELOPING NATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE HAITI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, GHANA, NIGERIA AND TANZANIA. TO MARK WORLD POPULATION YEAR, CENSUS TAKERS GO TO VILLAGES & HAVE DIFFICULTY COUNTING NATIVES IN THE BUSH.
- Description:00:56:18 - CU HAITIAN FISHERMAN'S HAND POUNDS ON THE WOOD RAILING OF HIS BOAT USING IT AS A DRUM AS A VOICE SINGS NATIVE SONG TO THE BEAT. 00:56:22 - CU STRING OF FISH PUT ON SCALE FOR WEIGHING. 00:56:26 - TWO NATIVE GIRLS CARRY A HUGE FISH ONTO SHORE. NATIVE GIRL BALANCES A PAN WITH BANANAS ON HER HEAD. ANOTHER WOMAN RIDES DONKEY PASSING A WOMAN SELLING FRUIT IN THE STREET. 00:57:14 - HAITIAN WOMEN SIT BY THE SHORE ALONG WITH THEIR PIGS. 00:57:22 - AS HAITIAN FLAG IS HOISTED ON POLE OUTSIDE SCHOOL, YOUNG HAITIAN CHILDREN RECITE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, SING ANTHEM IN FRENCH, THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. MALE TEACHER SINGS ALONG. KIDS FILE INTO SMALL SCHOOL HOUSE. 00:57:29 - LITTLE BLACK CHILDREN PLAYING ON GROUND, ONE IS NUDE. 00:57:55 - PREGNANT WOMAN WALKS ALONG VILLAGE CARRYING TUB AND POT. SMALL GOATS LOITER AROUND. 00:58:00 - WOMAN SITS ON CHAIR OUTSIDE HOUSE & FEEDS BOTTLE OF MILK TO INFANT. 00:58:04 - WOMAN SQUATS BY SMALL FIRE AND COOKS BANANAS IN POT. WOMAN SWEEPS DEBRIS INTO PILE OUTSIDE HER SMALL HOME. 00:58:25 - CU HAITIAN WOMAN CAREFULLY WASHES BABY'S FACE WITH WASH CLOTH. ONE WOMAN HELPS PLACE A LARGE TUB OF WATER ON ANOTHER WOMANS HEAD. 00:58:40 - MONTAGE MALE CENSUS TAKER GOES FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE IN VILLAGE, FILLING OUT QUESTIONNAIRES. HAITIAN WOMAN WITH LARGE WHITE HAT ANSWERS THE MANY QUESTIONS. 01:00:05 - MONTAGE TO REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY, YOUNG WOMEN COMMUNITY AGENTS GIVE ADVISE ON HOW TO KEEP CHILD HEALTHY, TO GROUPS OF NATIVE WOMEN WITH CHILDREN IN ARMS. 01:00:29 - THE YOUNG TEACHER HOLDS UP A BIRTH CONTROL DEVICE AND EXPLAINS IT IN FRENCH. 01:01:00 - WOMAN AND MEN DANCE TO DRUM VOODOO MUSIC AS THOUGH IN A STUPOR. CU WOMAN SHAKES HER HEAD WITH EYES CLOSED, OBLIVIOUS TO HER SURROUNDINGS 01:01:22 - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. CU PAN OF WOMEN'S FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AS THEY DANCE TO BEAT OF DRUMS TO SHARE IN MAN'S GRIEF OF WIFE'S DEATH IN ACCIDENT. 01:01:38 - IN ANOTHER VILLAGE MEN AND WOMEN IN COLORFUL NATIVE ROBES, DANCE TO MUSIC PLAYED ON CRUDE WOOD INSTRUMENT IN CELEBRATION OF BABY'S BIRTH. 01:01:52 - TWO BLACK CENSUS TAKERS RIDING BICYCLES ON DIRT ROAD, HEAD FOR CAMERA. CENSUS-TAKER NUMBERS EACH HOUSE WITH A CRAYON. 01:03:14 - NATIVE WOMAN CARRIES A LARGE BASKET FILLED WITH KINDLING WOOD ON HER HEAD. 01:03:21 - BLACK FARMER JEAN PIERRE, AND HIS FAMILY STOOP OVER TO WORK CROP. HIS WIFE HAS CRYING INFANT IN PAPOOSE AS SHE WORKS. JEAN PIERRE LAYS DOWN HIS BOLO KNIFE AND PICK UP HIS OTHER CRYING CHILD. 01:04:00 - MAN SITS AND PLAYS STRING INSTRUMENT WITH A CURVED STEM AS BOYS WATCH. 01:04:17 - FARMER JEAN PIERRE GREETS CENSUS TAKER, OUTSIDE HIS HUT, WITH SUSPICION. CENSUS TAKER ASKS QUESTIONS OF FARMER, HIS WIFE AND KIDS 01:06:13 - CU BLACK NATIVE NOMAD WOMAN, WITH BABY STRAPPED TO BACK, MILKS A COW. NOMAD MAN TENDS TO HIS HERD. 01:06:35 - PYGMY NATIVES WALK OUT OF THE JUNGLE ACROSS A ROAD AND BACK IN ON THE OTHER SIDE. LIVING DEEP IN THE RAIN FOREST THEY ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO COUNT BY CENSUS TAKERS. 01:07:18 - GHANA. HUNDREDS OF BLACK FEMALE TEENAGE STUDENTS, IN WHITE DRESSES, PARADE SMARTLY AT LARGE STADIUM 01:08:21 - CU AS MOM HOLDS HIS FACE, FEMALE DOCTOR LOOKS INTO LITTLE BOY'S MOUTH. 01:08:45 - BLACK WOMEN WITH INFANTS IN ARMS ARE GIVEN NUTRITION LESSONS BY A NURSE AT A CLINIC. PAN 01:09:12 - BLACK MOTHER BREAST FEEDS HER BABY AS SHE SITS IN CLINIC CLASSROOM. 01:10:12 - YOUNG MOTHER WITH BABY STRAPPED TO BACK IS SHOWN CONDOM AND EXPLAINED ITS USE BY NURSE. 01:10:33 - YOUNG MEN ARE ALSO GIVEN BIRTH CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS BY DOCTOR. NURSE PASSES OUT GREASY SUBSTANCE FOR MEN TO FEEL WITH THEIR FINGERS. 01:11:03 - GHANANS ARE SHOWN FILM OF JAPANESE FAMILY AT A DINNER TABLE AT HOME. 01:11:47 - CU NATIVE HANDS BEAT BONGO DRUMS WITH DRUM STICKS AT A BUSY MARKETPLACE WITH DIVERSELY DRESSED NATIVES. BLACK WOMAN DANCES TO THE BEAT 01:12:42 - MONTAGE YOUNG BOY AND GIRL DANCE AS OTHER PEOPLE SIT AROUND, PREPARE FOODSTUFFS, AND SHUCK CORN 01:13:22 - YOUNG BOY SITS ON STOOL AND EATS PORRIDGE WITH HIS HAND FROM BOWL ON GROUND, WITH SMALLER CHILDREN SITTING WITH HIM OUTDOORS 01:13:32 - CU SMILING, WIDE EYED LITTLE BLACK CHILD, TAKES A BITE OF FRUIT.. 01:13:43 - FARMER AND WORKERS WITH BOLO KNIVES AND HOES, WORK AT COCOA FARM IN THICK JUNGLE PICKING LARGE COCOA BEANS, THE NUMBER 1 CROP OF GHANA, SUPPLYING 1/3 OF WORLD COCOA BEAN. 01:14:23 - WORKERS CARRY LARGE SACKS OF COCOA TO MARKET ON SHOULDERS. CROP IS WEIGHED, TESTED AND FARMER IS PAID IN CASH. 01:15:22 - FORKLIFT CARRIES BAGS OF COCOA TO LONGSHOREMEN ON PIER, WHO LOAD THEM ON SHIP FOR EXPORT. 01:15:54 - LAGOS, NIGERIA. MONTAGE HEAVY PEOPLE AND AUTO TRAFFIC IN CITY OF LAGOS, AFRICA'S MOST POPULATED COUNTRY. 01:16:25 - PAN OF SLUM AREA IN LAGOS, WITH ITS TIN SHANTY HOUSES ALL BUNCHED TOGETHER. 01:17:09 - YOUNG NIGERIAN STUDENTS LEARN CARPENTRY & OTHER SKILLS IN A CLASS WORKSHOP. 01:18:21 - TEENAGE STUDENTS WATCH ATTENTIVELY AS INSTRUCTOR SHOWS THEM HOW TO FORGE METAL IN A HAND TURNED FURNACE. 01:18:58 - FARMERS FEED HYBRID RICE STALKS INTO MACHINE TO SEPARATE RICE. THE PLANT IS RUN BY A COOPERATIVE OF 40 FARMERS. 01:19:23 - TANZANIA SMALL HOMES FORM A COMMUNE IN RURAL VILLAGE IN PLAN FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT 01:19:31 - MAN AND WOMAN SIT ON CHAIRS OUTSIDE HOUSE AND PLAY CHECKERS AS CHILDREN HANG AROUND. 01:19:38 - TALKING HEAD: PRESIDENT JULIUS NYERERE OF TANSANIA TELLS OF THE LAND AND ITS PROBLEM. 01:19:52 - LARGE GRASS HUT STANDS ALONE ON THE PLAINS. PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO GATHER CROPS. 01:21:25 - LITTLE CHILDREN SIT IN PRIMITIVE CLASSROOM BEING TAUGHT BY A YOUNG BLACK FEMALE TEACHER. TEACHER LEADS CLASS IN SONG.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1974
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: VM-566B