| THE SHADOW OVER KENYA Investigation of political situation in Kenya under the shadow of the Mau Mau. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5755 |
| Catalog #: | 9860 | |
| Clip Number: | 9860-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 54/6 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:24 - 01:46:33 | |
| Location: | Kenya. | |
| Year Shot: | 1954 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: African INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Colonialism LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Kenya MILITARY: Army WAR & CONFLICT: Revolution, Kenya (Mau Mau) 1950s | |
| Description: | See also catalog #s 21372, 104798, 306322, 26108, 103399, 9861, 228500, 227988. THE SHADOW OVER KENYA Investigation of political situation in Kenya under the shadow of the Mau Mau. Kenya. GV. Mau Mau country. LV. Mau Mau country, with Abadres mountains in background. LV. Police patrol on ridge. SV. Prisoners being brought through the undergrowth. SV. BOAC aircraft arriving at Eastleigh Airport, Nairobi. SV. Sir Evelyn Baring and Lt. Gen. Erskine waiting. SV. Walter Elliot (sp?) and other M.P.s alighting from plane. CU. Baring. SV. Pan, M.P.s. GV. Nairobi. SV. Policeman walking into H.Q. Nairobi. SV. CU. Officers studying map. GV. Pan, protected police posts. SV. Pan, defenses against Mau Mau. SV. Native Home Guard on gates. SCU. Arm badge. SV. M.P. inspecting Home Guard and studying arrows. SV. Home Guard soldiers. SV. Another M.P. examining spear, pan to Home Guard. GV. Government House. SV. reporter John Parsons and Evelyn Baring. (for voice lead-in). SCU. Baring speaks: "We have to try now at a very early date to repair damages done by Mau Mau and to press ahead as hard as we possibly can with development for the future". CU. Baring speaks: "The struggle against Mau Mau has been long, it will, I am afraid, continue for some time longer. But let me add, we are not stationary, we are making progress in that struggle and we are all confident that in the end we will succeed." LV. Native laborers building block of flats. SV. Native brick layer. SV. Pan, dressmaking class for native women. SCU. Native woman sewing. CU. Native turner pan down to lathe. LV. Native men working lathes in workshop. SV. Native woman walks with baby towards a nurse at a Welfare Center. SV. White woman Welfare Officer places baby on scales to weigh the little girl. CU. Smiling African woman picks up baby. GV. New Flats. SV Interior, pan from native woman to child. CU Native woman sewing. GV Mau Mau village. SV Suspects seated on ground. CU Suspect. SV Officer talking to local hangman. CU Hangman. SV Officer takes knife from native outside hut. SV Officer searching native. LV Two prisoners squatting before interrogation officer. SV Prisoners, pan to British army woman typist. CU Interrogation officer. CU Suspect. CU Mau Mau man behind wire compound. GV Pan, prisoners in compound. | |


