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ROWNTREE DELEGATION TO PAIGC (WITH RICHARD WAINWRIGHT) PART TWO
1960s
1960-01-01
DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 19 mins 10 secs
Subject: MILITARY / POLICE POLITICS
Summary Part of the Wainwright Collection, this film is the second part of a film made by the PAIGC of a Rowntree delegation to Guinea- Bissau during the war of independence. Richard and Joyce Wainwright are in attendance. The film includes African dancing and armed soldiers in the jungle.
Description
Part of the Wainwright Collection, this film is the second part of a film made by the PAIGC of a Rowntree delegation to Guinea- Bissau during the war of independence. Richard and Joyce Wainwright are in attendance. The film includes African dancing and armed soldiers in the jungle.
Richard Wainwright and two white women are seated at a table where there is a large group of Africans seated, and others standing. One of the African men makes a speech, and all applaud with Richard raising his...
Part of the Wainwright Collection, this film is the second part of a film made by the PAIGC of a Rowntree delegation to Guinea- Bissau during the war of independence. Richard and Joyce Wainwright are in attendance. The film includes African dancing and armed soldiers in the jungle.
Richard Wainwright and two white women are seated at a table where there is a large group of Africans seated, and others standing. One of the African men makes a speech, and all applaud with Richard raising his arm. Some young Africans line up in front of the table, and one comes forward to speak. Everyone stands in silence. Two children perform a dance, with Richard watching and smiling. They all applaud at the end. The young Africans line up, holding hands, swaying and singing. A play is performed of villagers being rounded up by men with guns. This produces laughter and more applause. A man performs a traditional dance and another puts on a one-man show. Children perform many more traditional dances, with costumes becoming increasingly more exotic, while others play music and chant from the side.
The film then switches to a line of African men making their way through the jungle. They are carrying weapons. These are followed by a line of children chanting. More follow, including Richard, waving to the camera, after which they all gather together to wave farewell, with the men with weapons forming a guard of honour, and the film comes to an end.