This home-made silent film shows Christian missionaries in Uganda, Africa. It provides footage of local natives as well as scenery around the area. It opens with tribe members donning kanzus; traditionally worn by natives in the African Great Lakes, as an armed guard stands near by (:10). The procession heads to a flattened area in the grass for worship (:39). A woman’s towering headdress is pointed to (2:45). The native kraal sits in the background as natives beat on drums in the foreground (3:03). Two babies are seen crying in the typical red and green koifa also traditionally worn by natives of eastern Africa (3:17). Though they were traditionally worn by men, a red koifa is seen atop one of the female drummers’ head (3:22). Aluminum containers are pushed and loaded up into a truck bed (3:46). A large cart loaded with bags of goods is rolled forward by hand (4:13). Two Caucasian children, presumably belonging to the Christian missionaries, run forward with native children (4:45). One of the young natives is seen limping with their foot pushed forward (5:06). An elderly man sits on the ground and unwraps his clothing to reveal a large pink scarred tissue running down the side of his neck (6:13). An older Caucasian woman in a pink dress doles out water (6:19). Youth sit on the dirt with exposed wounds around their ankles which appear to be from shackles attached to their feet (6:45). The woman then adds some sort of medical powder to their wounds (6:51). The missionaries move their vehicle over a waterway aboard a small ferry (7:22). One of the missionaries performs a baptism (7:53) ducking one of the men back into the water. Natives are seen pushing long narrow boats through the waters (8:32). Some of the colorful cloth wraps and headwear of the natives are zoomed in on including a woman wearing a large feathered hat (9:54). A sea of small children race towards the cameraman as a few stop to peer quixotically into the camera (10:48). A young man with scars on his cheeks follows (10:54). The film concludes on a sunset (11:26). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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