Smart Collection: 4: Various scenes in Basutoland and Nyasaland 1938

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/096/010).

Synopsis

Basutoland: dam building and ploughing. shots of daughter Shirley.

Nyasaland: ferrying the car across the boundary river; the rail terminus; on the lake; loading rice at the lake port.

Production / Donor Details: Film shot by Harold Smart OBE. Mr. Smart was born in Lesotho (Basutoland) in 1899, and became the first Agricultural Officer in British Honduras, where he served between 1928-1938.

 

Titles

  • Smart Collection: 4: Various scenes in Basutoland and Nyasaland 1938 (Archive)
Series Title:
Smart Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1938
Running Time:
10 minutes 25 secs
Film Gauge (Format):
VHS 16mm
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
250 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis