Morrison Collection: 10: Nigeria. 1930s

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/079/010).

Synopsis

(1) Bathing party

(2) Swimming pool (3) Yelwa Pool

(4) Rwang Pwan(?)

(5) Little Rayfield Garden

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: 10: Nigeria. 1930s (Archive)
Series Title:
Morrison Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1946
Running Time:
approx 14minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
approx 180ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis