Harvest from the Wilderness (Original title)
Date: January 1949 (Release)Country: United Kingdom
Shotlist: DOCUMENTARY. RL.1 Opening shots of British people whilst commentary points out that for each sufficiently-fed person, there are seven in the world near starvation. Various crowd scenes are shown whilst commentary gives birth rates in different parts of the world. A world map shows areas where the people have enough to eat. LS of Tanganikan scenery and wasteland the site for a British scheme to produce groundnuts to help combat poverty. Dar es Salaam is used as a port for the scheme but as there are no deep water docks, equipment has to be unloaded from the steamers into landing craft. Tents are pitched on the edge of the bush and engineers arrive on the site. Army tractors and rolling stock are brought to the site but are in bad condition and without spare-parts. Africans are taken on and given technical training. English classes are started for them whilst the engineers learn Swahili. The Africans are soon expert in using machine tools and tractors. A water supply is laid on and poisonous fumes are sprayed onto the bush to kill the mosquito and tsetse fly. Roads are cut through the bush and a branch railway line is constructed. Aircraft already take off and land on the site. Trees are cleared by bulldozers (953 ft). RL.2 Tractors level the site and tree roots are extracted. Rotation of crops is planned to safeguard the fertility of the soil. The ground is tilled and the crops planted. Facilities for European engineers are shown - the bar, the canteen, tennis courts, badminton, English newspapers, nurseries, bungalows, shops and a post office. For the Africans, huts are built, welfare and medical services set up, African newspapers provided, football matches and traditional games on stilts played. The first harvest is gathered in, partly by machine, partly by hand. CUs of the ground-nuts. Shots of sacks of groundnuts passing along a conveyor and being loaded onto a steamer. More new roads and railways are built. Plans are made to extend the scheme. Final scenic shots (1860 ft).
Series title:
Releases
Date: January 1949not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - Black and WhiteRuntime: 20 mins
Title: [Today's Cinema - v71 n5738 10 Dec 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 12
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: This Modern Age series no. 24. NSTA.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(11)
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Description: Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 966 FeetBFI identifier: C-74828
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1878 FeetBFI identifier: C-74827
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-506328
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 749 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-74833
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 16mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 749 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-509532
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1878 FeetBFI identifier: C-74830
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1878 FeetBFI identifier: C-74831
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1878 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-74832
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1878 FeetBFI identifier: C-74834
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 1880 FeetStock date: 1986BFI identifier: C-520403
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1878 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-74829
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: January 1949 (Release)Country: United Kingdom
Shotlist: DOCUMENTARY. RL.1 Opening shots of British people whilst commentary points out that for each sufficiently-fed person, there are seven in the world near starvation. Various crowd scenes are shown whilst commentary gives birth rates in different parts of the world. A world map shows areas where the people have enough to eat. LS of Tanganikan scenery and wasteland the site for a British scheme to produce groundnuts to help combat poverty. Dar es Salaam is used as a port for the scheme but as there are no deep water docks, equipment has to be unloaded from the steamers into landing craft. Tents are pitched on the edge of the bush and engineers arrive on the site. Army tractors and rolling stock are brought to the site but are in bad condition and without spare-parts. Africans are taken on and given technical training. English classes are started for them whilst the engineers learn Swahili. The Africans are soon expert in using machine tools and tractors. A water supply is laid on and poisonous fumes are sprayed onto the bush to kill the mosquito and tsetse fly. Roads are cut through the bush and a branch railway line is constructed. Aircraft already take off and land on the site. Trees are cleared by bulldozers (953 ft). RL.2 Tractors level the site and tree roots are extracted. Rotation of crops is planned to safeguard the fertility of the soil. The ground is tilled and the crops planted. Facilities for European engineers are shown - the bar, the canteen, tennis courts, badminton, English newspapers, nurseries, bungalows, shops and a post office. For the Africans, huts are built, welfare and medical services set up, African newspapers provided, football matches and traditional games on stilts played. The first harvest is gathered in, partly by machine, partly by hand. CUs of the ground-nuts. Shots of sacks of groundnuts passing along a conveyor and being loaded onto a steamer. More new roads and railways are built. Plans are made to extend the scheme. Final scenic shots (1860 ft).
Series title:
Releases
Date: January 1949not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 16mm Film - Black and WhiteRuntime: 20 mins
Credits
(1)
Production Company: This Modern Age Ltd.
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
In: Today's Cinema v71 n5738 10 Dec 1948 Page: 15Title: [Today's Cinema - v71 n5738 10 Dec 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 12
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: This Modern Age series no. 24. NSTA.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(11)
Film materials(11)
Description: Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 966 FeetBFI identifier: C-74828
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1878 FeetBFI identifier: C-74827
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-506328
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 749 FeetStock date: 1949BFI identifier: C-74833
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 16mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 749 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-509532
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 1878 FeetBFI identifier: C-74830
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1878 FeetBFI identifier: C-74831
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1878 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-74832
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 1878 FeetBFI identifier: C-74834
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: CTASound: SoundLength: 1880 FeetStock date: 1986BFI identifier: C-520403
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 1878 FeetStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-74829
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film