Tsetse Film P. A. Buxton Part Two

Reel two of this colonial era film which comprises of a series of sequences taken from rural areas of East Africa (hand held camera, amateur in nature) which are affected by tsetse flies. Intertitles indicate place (colonial era names with modern day names in brackets) and species of tsetse present. Opening shots are of the line of the Game fence taken from the air over Okovango (Botswana). Then at ground level, the physical wire fence with a note that the eradication of Morsitans flies and presence of healthy cattle was at the expense of 'game destruction'. Thickets are cleared by fire in North Rhodesia (intertitle; modern day Zambia). Goats graze on the remaining vegetation. On the road, there is a house in which people and vehicles enter to be fumigated (actual fumigation not shown). Harris traps in use. Intertitle with the assertion that successful results of claiming land from tsetses is from the cattle now present; this is illustrated via aerial photography relating to Swynnerton's work near Shinyanga and Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania) and the villages there. The "Hura Hura" area (modern translation unknown) is now grazed by cattle and occupied by traditional villages. Ankole cattle are tended by villagers (boys and teenagers). Noted on the intertitles as an 'unusual situation'; a 'good' European farmer succeeds in keeping cattle healthy (by use of drugs)'. A large number of cattle are tended and treated by herdsmen wearing Western clothing. Trpanosomoiasis, not carried by tsetses is present in Sudan; veterinary staff talk to Nilotic tribesmen (noted as Dinka etc). Amongst the cattle, herdsmen, some watchful and naked, walk about. Ends abruptly.