ON TREK TO THE THRICE WASHED
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Title: ON TREK TO THE THRICE WASHED
Reference number: 3602
Date: 1935*
Director: [filmed by James A Ballantyne]
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 13.48 mins
Description: A trek through the African bush by two Church of Scotland missionaries and their porters.
Shotlist: shots of trek through African bush, porters carrying equipment and provisions for two white [missionaries?] including shots of white woman sitting in a small bath to cross a river, pushed by local porters, shots of camp being set up, the missionaries sitting down to a cup of tea and scones, while the porter makes up a bed (4.44) the trek continues Crossing the Bauci Plateau we meet the Nomad Fulani shots of the nomadic people and their animals (9.30) The Kulere Christians come to welcome us shots of people dancing in a ritual ceremony, followed by shots of people holding Bibles (13.48)