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Fromings Collection: Production of Malawi Darkfired Tobacco Part 5 1956

Asset - General information
Largest available format 1920 × 1080 px 938 MB
Dimension [pixels] File size [MB] Duration [Seconds]
Footage 1920 × 1080 px 937.9 MB 180
FOOTAGE number
BAF8619155
Video title
Fromings Collection: Production of Malawi Darkfired Tobacco Part 5 1956
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Location
British Empire and Commonwealth Collection, Bristol Archives, UK
Medium
h.264
Date
1956 AD (C20th AD)
Video description

Filmmaker: Douglas Fromings Film showing every stage of the production of dark fired tobacco at Kasiya (40 miles from Lilongwe) in Nyasaland (Malawi), from the issue of seed to the despatch of baled leaf to the Limbe Auction floors. Fromings supplied five typed pages of notes to accompany the film. He provided some commentary on the footage, and also covered the general background of the dark fired tobacco cultivation project. Detailed description The film begins in bright sunlight in a clearing, where a large group of African males are sitting on the ground. Douglas Fromings (DF) is seated at a table. In his notes he identifies this as a meeting of tobacco growers in 1956, outside a village in Malawi. An African male is seated next to DF, addressing the group. DF identifies him as Simeon, the Head Instructor. The growers are seen queuing to register and for seed issue before the film pans across seed beds being prepared for planting. Dry grass is laid on tilled and ridged beds to burn off weeds, and seed is mixed in a watering can. A river with low water levels, identified by DF as The Bua, which flowed to Lake Malawi. Villagers (male including boys) spear and trap fish, some of substantial size, catfish amongst them. Final brief glimpse of recently built church, a cleric walks past, and an African woman carries a large bucket, her baby in a sling.

Photo credit
Bristol Archives/British Empire & Commonwealth Collection / Bridgeman Images
Video keywords
Africa / 1950s / 20th century / Commonwealth of Nations / colour / fishing net / fishing / native / spear / weapon / food / fish / animal / tradition / culture / everyday life / Malawi / traditional costume / clothes / fisherman / footage