Home Cine Films

One wedding present to Betty and her husband was a 16mm cine camera, that Betty used - I don't think her husband ever used it.  Most is Black & White; colour film stock WAS available, but very expensive.

Once the film had been "shot", it was packaged and sent to the Chemist, who then sent it on to Kodak in England for processing. The processed film was then sent to Betty's in-laws in England.

In about the early '50s (I think) the small reels of film were taken by Betty's sister to London to be edited and combined onto bigger reels - Alas !  They were stolen from her car.

There is a list of (some of) the 16 mm cine films that she took – but obviously it has not been checked.  The films - about ten thousand feet - are within about six feet of where I am sitting.

LEGEND:-
"Gill" is her daughter, born in Johannesburg, June 1937; 
"G." is her husband Gervas; 
"Bet", also "B." is Betty, the “camera-man”; 
"N" is her second son, Nigel (now in Queensland) 
“C” is her youngest son, Crispin (now in Namibia)
(Her eldest son Robin seems not to appear in the films ! Perhaps he is on the missing Reel 8; and probably on Reel 9, for he was at Simamba and Kafue in 1956 – he was at school in England. And possibly Reel 19, for he joined the family in Barotseland for Christmas 1959)
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16mm BW, large reels.
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01 Wedding, Livingstone & Vic Falls, 1937
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02 Pets, Tour to Mulamfu, 1937
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03 Tour by barge, 1937
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04 Livingstone 1937, Gill
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05 Mankoya 1937, Gill
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06 Gill 1937
Gill – 3rd Oct
being fed, bathed, weighed & dressed, and playing with rattle with feathers
Mwinemutondo and his train
Life at Mankoya, 1937
Hut being built
Wholesale removal of boulder
Baby Reedbuck & Driving to Duiker No.3
Daily shopping
Chickens 6d each
Onions 3d a bunch
Messengers & office
Workers at gaol
Dogs chasing figs
Mickie the Mongoose
Tweedle Dum & Dee (Porcupines)
Gill crawling on to ride
Gill with Xmas presents
G. playing the musical box
B & G walking home
Dogs rough-housing
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07 Life in NR, Barotseland 1938
Carriers on tour
Gill at 10 months
Barotseland
Likishi Dancers
Messengers 
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08 Missing
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09 1953-6 Livingstone Kariba Wankie Kafue
Coronation Day, 2nd June 1953, Livingstone
Parade at the Barotse Centre
Sports at Maramba
Zambezi Regatta, July 1953
Tour of the Zambezi Valley, Sinazongwe, Sept 1955
Camp at Simamba; Kariba Dam construction, Zambezi Valley, Aug 1956
Centenary of discovery of Victoris Falls, Re-dedication Service, Nov 1955
Wankie Game Reserve 
Kafue Game Reserve, Sept 1956 – Lion, Buffalo, Waterbuck, Puku
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10 The family from 1947
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11 The Victoria Falls and the Zambezi
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12 Guides in Northern Rhodesia
Guides assembling to greet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Livingstone, 1947
Livingstone Centenary Camp for African Patrol Leaders, Victoria Falls, July 1955
Livingstone Centenary Camp for European Guides, Sept 1955
Bet’s tour to the Northern Province, Oct 1955
Ferry across the Luapula
Lubwe
Chipili
Mambilima
Chishimba Falls
Lubwa and Chitambo
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13 Missing
14 Missing
15 Missing
16 Missing
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17 Barotseland, 1958-9
Mankoya
Boma
Messengers
Lealui, 
Makishi Dancers
Mongu
The Residency
Moving a hut
Children riding
Egrets on the lawn
The Zambezi flood plain
Ku-omboka
Journeys by road & river
Tiger fishing
Catch
N & C going out in canoes
Dogs (Honey & Coral)
Boats & Shooting Party
The main road to Lealui
Makishi Dancers
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18 Barotseland 1959
Governor’s visit to Limilunga, Dubbing the Litunga
Liyoyelo Regatta
Family camp at Kande Lake
Liyoyelo title
Bet cutting bougainvillea
Messengers at Namushakende
Choliso of Mulena Mukwai
Yeta fishing
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19 Barotseland 1960
Ku-omboka
Mongu
Christmas holidays
Flooded plain
Family fishing
Swimming bath
Deck tennis
N & C’s Dakota, Dec 1960
Entrance to Lealui, v.quiet & rural, few people & lots of small dull buildings.
The Kuta & kapasos
Entrance to Kwandu
End of Ku-omboka
Queen Mother at Maramba
Getting into the boat
Parade of boats
Digging for worms
Going fishing by barge
C & N & Gill fishing
More barge & fishing
N & C departing
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20 Girl Guides All-Africa Conference, Uganda, 1961
Send-off delegates at Lusaka Airport – Clay, Patel & Mumbina
At Makerere College
All the Delegates walking in
Opening
Colours
Singing games – “Masid-e”
Delegates and Staff
Camp at ? Lakeshore
Last meeting, address exchange, shake hands, goodbyes
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???
Tour to Sesheke
Ferry at Senanga
Birds

A bigger "Official" reel of the Queen Mother's 1960 visit to Barotseland, with soundtrack.

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And then there's quite a large number of 25' reels, most still in their envelopes.

And there are also quite a few reels of Super 8

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