Building a Boat on the Niger

Duration: 7

Year Published: 1967

Creator: International Film Foundation | Julien Bryan

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Depicts the construction of a river boat from the fitting of planks with primitive hand tools through the sealing of the joints with paste, hand crafted nails, and rope lacings. Shows without narration the craftsmanship of a Bozo man as he chips the roughed out plank to make a near-perfect fit between adjoining sections of the boat. Concludes with the testing of the finished boat on the river.

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