Bell Collection : 4: 'Fame Lily' Holiday 1961

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/095/004).

Synopsis

1961

Queen Elizabeth Park - river trip, animals, birds, performence of local tribal dance. Livingstone. Victoria Falls.

An African sunset taken from the air.

Production / Donor Details: Mary Bell was a Colonial Civil Servant from 1955 to 1965 working for the East Africa Posts and Telecommunications Administration in Nairobi. She married a motor engineer and ex-transport officer of the Royal Police and took a 3 month honeymoon travelling through Uganda, Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth Parks and Lake Victoria to Tanga. During this period she kept a diary and took cine film of her travels.

 

Titles

  • Bell Collection : 4: 'Fame Lily' Holiday 1961 (Archive)
Series Title:
Bell Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1961
Running Time:
approx 16m 40s
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
approx 200ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis