| FIRST NATIVE HARVEST Farmers receive prizes as an incentive to grow more fruit on the Gold Coast. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5304 | |
| Catalog #: | 244783 | |
| Clip Number: | 244783-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1162 | |
| Timecode: | 01:31:20 - 01:32:51 | |
| Location: | Seccondee, Gold Coast | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: African FARMING: Fruit, Bananas FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Colonialism LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Guinea ( French Guinea ) | |
| Description: | First native harvest festival. Inauguration of prize and bonus scheme (given by Government) proves great stimulus to native farmers to "grow more fruit". Seccondee, Gold Coast M/S as the camera pans across the farmers who are sat or stood around at the ceremony. M/S of the fruit, the camera pans across it to the farmers, this fades to piles of bananas. 'First prize for bananas!' A lady, assisted by two men, presents a prize to the winning farmer, everyone applauds. Another man comes up for his prize. | |
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