The Black Star c.1960-1966, 1960-1966.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Hellwig, Joachim, director.

Hellwig, Joachim, Script.

Oley, Hans, Script.

Dinter, Heinz, Sound.

Schernikau, Ingrid, Sound.

Klemke, Werner, Graphic Designer.

Wischnewski, Traute, Editor.

Randel, Wolfgang, Camera.

DEFA, production company.

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

Diplomatic & Political Newsreels

Newsreels & Cinemagazines

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Nonfiction films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (video file 0:31:48) : Sound, Colour.

Place of Publication:

c.1960-1966,

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.

Summary:

Documentary film which offers a glimpse of the role that socialism and modernisation play in Ghana, including footage of myriad sections of society, from students and scientists to factory workers and farmers. Includes footage or air travel, traffic, a shanty town, modern architecture, lawyers, children in school, the president's swearing in, university, cocoa farming, factories, fishing and shipping. There is also discussion of socialism, the colonial period and industrialisation.

Credits:

Contributors: Hellwig, Joachim; Oley, Hans; Dinter, Heinz; Schernikau, Ingrid; Klemke, Werner; Wischnewski, Traute; Randel, Wolfgang.

Production Company: DEFA.

Notes:

Description based on online resource (viewed on 19 December, 2018).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.