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British Guiana - colour footage from 1948 - Snoopster - 07-31-2013
Came across these clips of British Guiana from 1948.
Re: British Guiana - colour footage from 1948 - Snoopster - 07-31-2013
Re: British Guiana - colour footage from 1948 - ketchim - 07-31-2013
Cool . looks interesting !
no audio ?
Re: British Guiana - colour footage from 1948 - Snoopster - 07-31-2013
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=82285.msg514306#msg514306 date=1375301540]
Cool . looks interesting !
no audio ?
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No, there is no audio in all of them. I suspect these were raw newsreel videos taken by American or British news crew.
But they offer a rare glimpse of life in Guyana in the late 40's.
Re: British Guiana - colour footage from 1948 - Kwami - 07-31-2013
Awesome
Re: British Guiana - colour footage from 1948 - ketchim - 07-31-2013
kwami would consider it a privelege to compose a narrative of their actions :
with his eloquent Voice over : 8)
Re: British Guiana - colour footage from 1948 - Kwami - 07-31-2013
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=82285.msg514312#msg514312 date=1375302340]
kwami would consider it a privelege to compose a narrative of their actions :
with his eloquent Voice over : 8)
[/quote] 1948? This is straight out of my childhood in Berbice
Re: British Guiana - colour footage from 1948 - ketchim - 07-31-2013
narrate 6:27 - 6:35 in reel 2 .
I once made that and it worked like a charm ! 8)
Re: British Guiana - colour footage from 1948 - ketchim - 07-31-2013
16:27 of reel 1 :
I know that Ramnath chap ! 8)