Morrison Collection: 2: Jekko Falls Hydro Electric Scheme : Pts 3 & 4 1937-1938

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/079/002).

Synopsis

Reels 1 and 2 of the Morrison Collection show the whole of the construction of the Jekko Falls Hydro Electric Scheme from beginning to end, including shifting earth, rocks etc., drilling, building the foundations of the dam, bringing in heavy machinery, and the installation of the turbines.

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: 2: Jekko Falls Hydro Electric Scheme : Pts 3 & 4 1937-1938 (Archive)
Series Title:
Morrison Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1938
Running Time:
approx 33m 20s
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS BetaSP
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
400ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis