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Life of a primitive people: Africa

United States, 1957
film

Shows the characteristics of a primitive society, and the interventions and discoveries made by man in prehistoric times. Clarifies the meaning of ‘prim..

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Palaeolithic man

United Kingdom, 1954
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The Story of prehistoric man

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Man and his world: Papua and New Guinea

Australia, 1970
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Backward civilisation

United States, 1937
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Pygmies of Africa

United States, 1938
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The Republic of South Africa: the land and its people - Rev. ed.

United States, 1963
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People of the Congo

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Life in an oasis: North Africa

United States, 1962
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African village life

United States, 1967
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Africa untamed

United States, 1953
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Africans all

United States, 1963
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Africa: the land and its people. No. 6

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Clothing

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Growing up in New Guinea

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Africa: a new look

United States, 1981
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Man the builder

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The Peoples of Africa

United States, 1966
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Africa: the land and its people. No. 2

South Africa, 1946
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