- Title: VM-584A
- Summary: TO KNOW ONESELF: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. AERIAL SURVEY. LAND AND WATER SURVEYS. NIGERIA. AFRICA. MOROCCO. TOGO. EUROPEAN COOPERATION AGENCY. HIGHER EDUCATION. ENGINEERING. AVIATION. METEOROLOGY. SOIL SURVEY. SURVEYORS. LOCUSTS. AFRICAN VILLAGE MARKETPLACE.
- Description:03:45:36 - MONTAGE NIGERIAN EMIR CIRCA 1960 03:46:53 - SLO-ZOOM IN ON MAP OF EARTH, PINS IN MAP 03:47:51 - PAUL C. HOFFMAN SPEAKING ON ASSISTING COUNTRIES THROUGH EUROPEAN COOPERATION AGENCY, ECA. MARSHALL PLAN, UN SPECIAL FUND 03:50:27 - CU WORLD MAP, PINS IN PLACES. MOROCCO 03:50:38 - LS PAN ENGINEERING SCHOOL, MOROCCO 03:50:51 - ENGINEERING STUDENT DONNING LAB COAT TAKEN FROM STUDENT LOCKER, PREPARES BOOKS, PAPERS FOR STUDY CU STUDENT DOING CALCULATIONS, MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS. STUDENTS IN LAB, LABORATORY CLASSROOM. HIGHER EDUCATION 03:51:56 - STUDENTS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CLASS, COLLEGE PROFESSOR SUPERVISING, LEANING OVER STUDENTS 03:52:30 - MONTAGE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BUILDING SCHOOL 03:52:56 - AIRPLANE HANGAR, AIRPORT. STUDENTS LEARNING AVIATION SKILLS. SCHOOL OF CIVIL AVIATION 03:54:01 - CU KIT OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, STUDENTS IN ELECTRONICS CLASS. TELECOMMUNICATIONS 03:54:39 - METEOROLOGICAL STUDENTS LEARNING WEATHER FORECASTING SKILLS, SETTING OFF WEATHER BALLOONS 03:55:18 - MASSIVE HORDE OF LOCUSTS, TREES FILLED WITH LOCUSTS, FIELDS CRAWLING WITH LOCUSTS, AFRICANS METHODICALLY BEATING THEM WITH TREE BRANCHES, INSECTICIDES BEING SPRAYED ON LAND & FROM THE AIR DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. INFESTATION. ECU LOCUSTS EATING 03:56:57 - CU SCIENTIST STUDYING INSECTS IN LABORATORY 03:57:18 - YOUNG AFRICAN BOY SITTING ON TOP OF HUGE PILE OF EARS OF CORN, CROPS RUINED BY LOCUSTS 03:57:26 - SLO-ZOOM IN ON ANIMATED MAP MARKED TOGO 03:57:41 - POV, PILOT RACING DOWN RUNWAY FOR TAKE OFF & PLANE IN FLIGHT OVER TOGO, AFRICA. CUTS TO AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER SETTING EQUIPMENT, TAKING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS 03:58:35 - SURVEYORS CONDUCTING SOIL SURVEY, CU COMPARING SAMPLE WITH SOIL CHART, RECORDING RESULTS, 03:59:32 - WATER SAMPLES BEING TAKEN, STUDYING WATER QUALITIES. 03:59:50 - FAO MAN CLIMBING SURVEYING TOWER, COLLECTING INFORMATION 04:00:16 - AFRICANS CUTTING DOWN FOREST, CLEARING LAND 04:00:44 - SLO-ZOOM IN ON ANIMATED MAP, NIGERIA 04:01:01 - ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING, MODEL OF MULTI PURPOSE DAM ON NIGER RIVER 04:01:33 - POV ON NIGER RIVER ON SMALL MOTOR BOAT, PASSING CAMP, TENT HOUSES, FISHERMEN, FISHING VILLAGE PRIMITIVE LIVING STANDARDS 04:02:16 - LS MEN ROWING UNDER BRIDGE 04:02:22 - FARMER MOVING HERD, ANIMALS ACROSS BRIDGE 04:02:34 - RAILROAD TRAIN COMING ACROSS BRIDGE 04:02:41 - TWO MEN IN SMALL SPEEDBOAT ON NIGER RIVER 04:02:51 - POV IN BOAT PASSING WATER LEVEL STICK IN RIVER 04:03:00 - SURVEYORS SURVEYING LAND. CU SURVEYOR WRITING INFORMATION IN NOTE PAD 04:03:20 - SURVEYORS DETERMINING THE LEVEL OF SOLID ROCK BELOW GROUND LEVEL 04:03:41 - LITTLE AFRICAN GIRL RUNNING THROUGH VILLAGE CARRYING ROPE ON HER HEAD. AFRICAN VILLAGE WOMAN GRACEFULLY BALANCING PAIL ON HER HEAD. 04:04:00 - POV PASSING AFRICAN VILLAGERS ON THEIR KNEES BOWING TO PASSERBY IN DEFERENCE 04:04:06 - NIGERIAN BOUSSA ? EMIR VISITING VILLAGE, VILLAGERS BOWING IN DEFERENCE. CU MASSIVE RING ON EMIR'S FINGER 04:04:40 - LS VILLAGE WOMEN IN LINE CARRYING BASKETS OF GOODS ON HEADS. GRASS HUTS ON RIVER BANK 04:05:02 - EMIR TOURING SITE WHERE NEW TOWN WILL BE SITUATED WALKING THROUGH THE WOODS 04:05:21 - MONTAGE NIGERIAN VILLAGE, MEN ROWING UPSTREAM TO NEARBY VILLAGE 04:05:54 - AFRICAN VILLAGE MARKETPLACE. MS MAN CHOPPING CARVING THE FLESH OFF ANIMAL TO SELL HORNS. CUSTOMERS LOOKING OVER POTTERY VASES 04:06:32 - TRADERS FROM NEIGHBORING VILLAGE ROWING TO SHORE 04:06:47 - AFRICAN DRUMMERS, WOMEN DANCERS, CELEBRATIONS FOR EMIR'S VISIT TO VILLAGE 04:10:28 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-584A