News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Rhodesian Spotlight

Issue

Issue No.

42

Length of issue (in feet)

1011

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. President of Portugal pays state visit
• 2. In the height of fashion
• 3. for african market only
• 4. Fish to provide sport and food
• 5. Strange Home For Orphans
• 6. More News from mighty kariba

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: The Mayor of Salisbury opens an Ideal Homes Exhibition for Africans in Harari Township, Salisbury.
Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - An Ideal Home Exhibtion for Africans in Harari Township is opened by the Mayor of Salisbury. The first of its kind, it focussed attention on the efforts of Industry and Commerce to satisfy the African Market. We don’t know how well a knitting machine fits into African life but we found out that an African mother with a baby on her back doesn’t fit into an easy chair.
Popular with the men - and after all it’s probably they who spend the money - was a Mannequin Parade. The price range of the dresses was from 15/- to £4: so an African woman with dress sense and a couple of pounds could do herself reasonably well.
And how to save up for such things was demonstrated too. If you can’t afford a piano or radiogram, settle for a guitar - it can be just as noisy.

Keywords

Domestic life; Business and commerce; Fashion and costume; Exhibitions and shows

Written sources

Movietone boxfile no.1   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Production Co.

Central African Film Unit

Length of story (in feet)

97

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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