A Mediterranean Island (1940-1949)

A British Instructional Films presentation. “An introductory or revision film.“ Intertitle reads: “This film has been supervised by James Fairgrieve and viewed and approved by the Geographical Association and for the Commission on Educational and Cultural Films.“ Graphic world map. The island of Cyprus is highlighted. Relief map of the island. Mountainous landscape. View of the mountains from the central plains. Panning shot of Nicosia. Baton is used to show the location of Nicosia on the relief map. Man sits in the shade of a building smoking a hookah. The narrator points out the shadows cast as “Cyprus is a sunny land.“ Horse and cart passes through the shot. Primitive irrigation system. A waterwheel worked by a donkey. C/U of the cog mechanism. Woman crouches down by the water channel and scoops water into a container. Shepherd herding a flock of goats down a flooded road. Man sits outside a house weaving chair seats. Another man turns wood - probably chair legs. Hillsides covered w