Morrison Collection: 14: Visit to Nyasaland 1953

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/079/014).

Synopsis

Tourist visit to Nyasaland which concentrates on the scenery around Victoria Falls and Lake Nyasa. The river canyon shown down river of the falls. The countryside on the banks of the Lake. Fishing trip on the lake.

Resort station surrounded by mountains. Civilian Dakota aeroplane at airstrip.

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: 14: Visit to Nyasaland 1953 (Archive)
Series Title:
Morrison Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1953
Running Time:
16m 40s
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
200ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis