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And Now Tomorrow Pt. 3 of 3 (1957)

Reel Number: 221364-06

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1957

Country: Ghana,West Africa

Location: Accra,Kumasi,Takoradi,Tema

TC Begins: 00:53:17

TC Ends: 01:07:24

Duration: 00:14:07

And Now Tomorrow Pt. 3 of 3 Large stack of burlap bags w/ truckloads being added. Truck w/ large logs; crane moving outside sawmill on large stack. Wood stacked for drying & loading into railroad cars; train yard. Men doing carpentry outdoors & finishing furniture. Men fishing in coastal water from shore, pulling in nets by hand. Woman carries basket of fish still flopping on head. Ships anchored off shore. Steel & pans, buckets. Export goods & import goods. men rowing canoe like boats out to freighters & returning w/ ??, men carry ashore & load trucks. 00:57:23 Cranes moving stone & building man-made harbor at Tema. Railroad cars of heavy stone moved into place & dumped. 00:58:07 Takoradi & conveyor to load or unload ore. Docks & workers. Pan over Kumasi’s great market w/ many stalls; textile cloth; household goods; beads; foods; nuts. Bus arriving. Bank of Ghana under construction. Business men meeting in Accra walk along street. 01:00:22 Jazz band playing & belly dancer on floor. Couples dancing. MCU of feet. Sports & horseracing. Community Centre & young people entering. Volleyball court, kids watch & clap. Large stadium & soccer being played to cheering crowd. Cricket (long shot only). Track meet w/ USA athlete, hurdles. 01:02:56 Sign: Vernacular Literature Bureau Men out of building, teachers sent around the country. Adult education class held outdoors & learning to read & write. Literacy. Women & home economics being taught outdoors. Teaching how to scrub pots & pans. 01:04:57 Machine shop instruction. Library & checking out books from librarian. Students reading at table. LS of buildings of University College at Accra, some under construction. Students talking outdoors around fountain; some in cap & gowns, other in tribal robes. The End. African Independence; British Colonialism; Celebration; Agriculture; Natural Resources; Heritage; Construction; USIA Propaganda; 1957;

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