British Guiana - colour footage from 1948

Snoopster · 07-31-2013, 04:22 PM · 1 person reading this discussion

#1
Came across these clips of British Guiana from 1948. 

#2

#3
Cool . looks interesting !

no audio ?

#4
[quote author=ketchim link=topic=82285.msg514306#msg514306 date=1375301540]
Cool . looks interesting !

no audio ?

[/quote]

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.

#5
Awesome

#6
kwami would consider it a privelege to compose a narrative of their actions :

with his eloquent Voice over :  8)

#7
[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

#8
narrate 6:27 - 6:35 in reel 2 .

I once made that and it worked like a charm !  8)

#9
16:27 of reel 1 :

I know that Ramnath chap !  8)

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