A Giant People (The Watussi of Africa)
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
13:00:35 Map of Africa, arrow pointing to Rwanda region.
13:00:48 Tribal village in rolling hills - clay houses w/ thatched roofs. INT Watussi (Tutsi) Prince & family wash hands before breakfast - Wahutu (Hutu) servants arrive w/ food in wooden containers. Prince, Princess & children eating. CU foods; eating w/ hands. CUs
13:02:33 Prince stands up, 7ft tall, son is 5ft - both leave stockade. Princess weaving wall mat of reeds & grasses outside hut while daughter plays w/ clay toys. Princess inspects drying coffee beans & dairy products being churned in clay jugs & prepared by servants.
13:04:02 Prince & son inspect royal herd of cattle w/ huge horns, sick cow. Son plays backgammon-style game w/ other noble children. News arrives of leopard seen near royal herd & son instructed by Prince to alert his hunters - native dialogue & hunting cry heard (out of sync).
13:05:51 Young Prince arrives home to collect costume for dance competition.
13:06:16 Prince supervises ceremonial dancing of Wahutu farmers while father out hunting; Prince is late for his own dance & scolded by court teacher.
13:07:22 Prince puts on headdress, beads etc. & joins in dance competing for place in royal court school. Prince supervises while Wahutu farmers drink fermented honey & milk thru straws from large hollow log trough, MCU. Royal pages watch & laugh.
13:09:04 Young Prince walks home - meets his father & hunters w/ dead leopard. MCU
13:09:47 INT royal hut in evening, servant washing Prince’s feet. Princess puts daughter into built-in bed; Prince goes to bed.
East Central Africa - 1930s; Indigenous Tribes; Anthropology; Ethnic Warriors; African Royalty / Nobility; Class / Caste System; Hutus & Tutsis; Pre- Genocide;
NOTE: GOOD quality except scratched first two minutes.
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A Giant People (The Watussi of Africa) Encyclopaedia Britannica Films 13:00:35 Map of Africa, arrow pointing to Rwanda region. 13:00:48 Tribal village in rolling hills - clay houses w/ thatched roofs. INT Watussi (Tutsi) Prince & family wash hands before breakfast - Wahutu (Hutu) servants arrive w/ food in wooden containers. Prince, Princess & children eating. CU foods; eating w/ hands. CUs 13:02:33 Prince stands up, 7ft tall, son is 5ft - both leave stockade. Princess weaving wall mat of reeds & grasses outside hut while daughter plays w/ clay toys. Princess inspects drying coffee beans & dairy products being churned in clay jugs & prepared by servants. 13:04:02 Prince & son inspect royal herd of cattle w/ huge horns, sick cow. Son plays backgammon-style game w/ other noble children. News arrives of leopard seen near royal herd & son instructed by Prince to alert his hunters - native dialogue & hunting cry heard (out of sync). 13:05:51 Young Prince arrives home to collect costume for dance competition. 13:06:16 Prince supervises ceremonial dancing of Wahutu farmers while father out hunting; Prince is late for his own dance & scolded by court teacher. 13:07:22 Prince puts on headdress, beads etc. & joins in dance competing for place in royal court school. Prince supervises while Wahutu farmers drink fermented honey & milk thru straws from large hollow log trough, MCU. Royal pages watch & laugh. 13:09:04 Young Prince walks home - meets his father & hunters w/ dead leopard. MCU 13:09:47 INT royal hut in evening, servant washing Prince’s feet. Princess puts daughter into built-in bed; Prince goes to bed. East Central Africa - 1930s; Indigenous Tribes; Anthropology; Ethnic Warriors; African Royalty / Nobility; Class / Caste System; Hutus & Tutsis; Pre- Genocide; NOTE: GOOD quality except scratched first two minutes.