The Spear Maker (1932)

Africa. Titles read: “THE SPEAR MAKER - under a spreading village hut the village blacksmith works.“ M/S of two native men at sitting down (blacksmiths ?). One man appears to be lifting two stick up and down in bowls. ’Our handsome, but slightly sunburnt, friend is in the middle of Africa, and he’s busy making the blade of a particularly nasty looking assegai -’ C/Us of man hitting spear head with a hammer. ’And with due ceremony the goods are handed over-’ M/S of tribesman attaching the spear to the end of a pole, he hands it to the man standing next to him. M/S of two men holding spears in each hand. FILM ID:1596.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (