Title:WITH THE ANGLO-GERMAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION IN WEST AFRICA 1912-1913 [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 2248
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Summary: The work of the British and German boundary commissioners in the early twentieth century, marking the four hundred miles of frontier between British-administered Nigeria (the Northern and Southern Protectorates) and the Cameroons (then governed by Germany as the Kamerun protectorate).
Description: Members of the British Commission on expedition. They cross a river; native bearers carry large loads on their head. A tent is pitched. The Nigerian bearers bathe in the River Taraba; local man floats nearby in a boat carved from a tree trunk. A 200 ft wood-and-grass bridge can be seen. Each man's daily ration (three pounds of flour) is distributed. A nine thousand ton steamer in the River Niger. Local man dives for money in the river; surf boat, with local men rowing, is also seen. Intertitle draws attention to "the three-bladed paddles peculiar to the Gold Coast". The end of the expedition: the commissioners leave for home on a steam ship at a coastal port.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:MGH 2248
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
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Production Date:1912
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Warwick Trading Company (Production company)
Nugent, R A (Production individual)
