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The Raphia Girls of Madagascar (Pathecolor)

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
165
Date Released
31 Jul 1924
Length of issue (in feet)
900
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Polo for Ladies
  2. 2The Raphia Girls of Madagascar (Pathecolor)
  3. 3A Novelty for Eve - The Auto-Tea-Maker
  4. 4Modes and Models (Pathecolor)
  5. 5The Adventures of Felix the Cat: Felix Paints the Pole

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
Pathe Intertitles - "They lead real high lives in this tropical occupation of cutting raphia for fibre -" Two shots
"Splitting the leaves is the next stage -" Three shots
"And they can weave and wind it in many ways -" Four shots
Researcher Comments
A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.
Keywords
Agriculture
Locations
Madagascar
Written sources
J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001)   p128.
Pathe Eve 131-169 Boxfile   Issue sheet
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
150

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
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Phone
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Fax
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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