Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-566B

00:00:51 2.6

LENWAY PETERS, BLACK AFRICAN SURGEON AND POET
WALKS AROUND VILLAGE IN HIS COUNTRY OF GAMBIA. HE
IS GREETED BY GROUP OF BLACK TEENS AS HE PASSES
WITH CIGAR IN MOUTH.

00:01:39 50.6

AFRICAN WOMAN, IN NATIVE WEAR, SIT ALONG WATER'S
EDGE & RELAX BEFORE THEY START WASHING THEIR
CLOTHING IN RIVER, AS PETERS RECITES HIS POEM,
"CATCHACALLI", ABOUT A GIRL, THE FEELING OF
PEOPLE AND THEIR BELIEFS.

00:02:59 130.6

NATIVE WOMEN AND MEN BALANCE BASKETS AND ALL SORTS
OF ITEMS ON THEIR HEADS AT A VILLAGE MARKET

00:03:19 150.6

CIGAR WIELDING PETERS SITS IN EASY CHAIR WITH BOOK
IN LAP AND CONTINUES HIS NARRATION.

00:04:19 210.6

WOMAN SITTING IN OPERATING TABLE BENDS OVER TO LET
PETERS GIVES HER A SPINAL. HE THEN PERFORMS THE
MAJOR SURGERY WITH AN ASSISTANT.

00:06:50 361.6

POET PETERS READS ANOTHER POEM WITH SCENE OF
NATIVES WORKING ALONG RIVER'S EDGE. CAMERA ZOOMS
DOWN A VILLAGE DIRT STREET WITH CRUDE HOMES
WHICH PETERS CALLS, "PYRAMIDS OF SQUALOR".

00:08:20 451.6

DOCTOR PETERS STROLLS ALONG THE VILLAGE HOMES
PAUSING TO CHAT WITH VILLAGERS IN THEIR COLORFUL
ROBES, AS HE WALKS BY WITH CIGAR IN HAND.

00:10:14 565.6

DOCTOR PETERS HOLDS UP X-RAY & EXPLAINS IT TO
ANOTHER DOCTOR TREATING A BED RIDDEN BOY.

00:11:13 624.6

AS WOMAN WRAPS HER BABY SECURELY TO HER BACK
PAPOOSE-STYLE, NURSE EXPLAINS WHY THE SAME WOMAN
LOST 7 OF HER 9 CHILDREN THROUGH MEDICAL IGNORANCE

00:12:00 671.6

PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL NEAR GAMBIA RIVER IS ONLY
HOSPITAL BETWEEN THE COASTAL CAPITAL AND WHERE
GAMBIA RIVER MEETS SENEGALESE BORDER, IT HAS ONLY
2 DOCTORS, 3 NURSES AND 4 STUDENTS

00:13:57 788.6

TALKING HEAD: I. M. GARBA-JAHUMPA, MINISTER OF
HEALTH, THE GAMBIA SITS IN HIS COLORFUL ROBES
AND SPEAKS OF THE NEED FOR AID AND PROMISE OF AID

00:15:36 887.6

CU MOTHER, WHO IS SUFFERING FROM MAL-NUTRITION
BREAST FEEDS HER BABY

00:16:22 933.6

NURSE PLACES BLACK BABY ON SCALE AS MCGREGOR
SPEAKS. LARGE GROUP OF NATIVE WOMEN WITH BABIES IN
THEIR LAPS WAIT TO BE SEEN BY DOCTOR. PAN

00:17:58 1029.6

MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DRIVE ONTO LARGE
HAND-DRIVEN "FERRY" WITH THEIR 2 PICK-UP TRUCKS.
ALL PEOPLE RIDING THE "FERRY" TAKE A HAND IN
PULLING IT ACROSS RIVER WITH ROPE ON PULLEYS.

00:18:42 1073.6

HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRUCKS RIDES INTO THE BUSH TO
SERVICE SMALL VILLAGE TRIBES. HEALTH WORKER
ANNOUNCES HIS PRESENCE OVER HAND-HELD P.A. SYSTEM

00:19:35 1126.6

WOMEN WITH THEIR BABIES STRAPPED TO THEIR BACKS
LINE UP FOR VACCINATION DONE WITH MODERN
VACCINATION GAUN.

00:20:28 1179.6

CLASS FULL OF MEN AND WOMEN TRAINEES LISTEN
ATTENTIVELY TO DOCTOR PETERS GIVE A FIRST AID
LECTURE.

00:26:22 1533.93

PAN OF THICK JUNGLE ALONG A RIVER AS POET PETERS
RECITES HIS POEM.

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