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