Collection search - No. 10, Storm Clouds Over the Colonies = Le Temps est à l'orage
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Record information – Brief No. 10, Storm Clouds Over the Colonies = Le Temps est à l'orage
Series title:The Commonwealth of NationsHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1957Item number (ISN):90562Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1976-1979Accession:1977-0207Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1957Production company:National Film BoardProduction credit:producer/scenario/editing, Ronald Dick; executive producer/editing, Nicholas Balla; scenario, William Weintraub; editing, Douglas Tunstell; Marion Meadows; Jean Roy; narrator, Edgar McInnis; music, Maurice Blackburn; Robert Fleming; Eldon Rathburn; Norman BigrasCountry of production:cnDescription:Tracing the history of the economic development of colonial territories, this film points out the shift in emphasis from the primary motives of discovery and the transfer of luxury goods to the establishment of permanent industries. The benefits of modern developments are weighed against exploitation, of which colonialism is never free.~The film looks at the British drive for empire with emphasis on the search for raw materials and slave labour, and at the rise of nationalism in the colonies. Sequences on the rebellions in Malaya and Kenya, and on British attempts at suppression.~Footage includes: an African safari, plantations, colonial police forces in training, British soldiers fighting saboteurs, Eric Williams speaking out against colonialism, a funeral procession in Kenya, and a British detention camp for Mau Mau terrorists. Graphics depict the functioning of the mercantile system and slave trade. Stills show empire builder Cecil Rhodes. <29mn 28s>Language:EnglishOriginal number:12-2244Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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