(1) Ocean voyage home from Pateau in 1939 in M.V. Accra. with visits to Maderia which show the local scenery ...
Groups
This film belongs to the following groups.
Morrison Collection
Morrison Collection: 7: The Trip Home from Africa; scenes in Nigeria 1939
This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/079/007).
Synopsis
(1) Ocean voyage home from Pateau in 1939 in M.V. Accra. with visits to Maderia which show the local scenery and people
(2) Morrison family picnic at the lakeside of Jekko Hydro-electric Dam with rowing boat trip. 1950
(3) St Paul West Girls' School (Scotland) summer excursion and picnic in 1950
Production / Donor Details: The films in the Morrison Collection were shot by William Graham Morrison, who went to Nigeria in 1931 as a civil engineer with the Nigerian Electricity Supply Co. He was the surveyor for the first Hydro Electric Power Station at Jekko Falls, and afterwards worked for ATMN (Amalgamated Tin Mines of Nigeria). Mr. Morrison left Nigeria in 1939 after the outbreak of the Second World War. Films donated by Mrs. Lang Brown, who features in several reels as a small child.
Titles
- Morrison Collection: 7: The Trip Home from Africa; scenes in Nigeria 1939 (Archive)
- Series Title:
- Morrison Collection
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1950
- Running Time:
- 12m 30s
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 8mm VHS
- Sound:
- Mute
- Footage:
- 150ft
Production Credits
- Production Details
- See synopsis
Groups
This film belongs to the following groups.
Morrison Collection
