Birch Collection: 11: 1952 Nigeria
This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2005/046/011).
Synopsis
Housing and street scenes, estuary harbour life (probably Lagos) also showing some Western shipping but mostly African craft and fishermen.
Production / Donor Details: Films taken by John Birch. In the 1950s the John and Daphne Birch were mainly in Sierra Leone, where he was head of Unilever, and also held a position on the Legislative Council; the majority of the films cover time there and on holidays abroad and in Sussex. John Birch was a member of Royal African Society, Bristol branch.
Titles
- Birch Collection: 11: 1952 Nigeria (Archive)
- Series Title:
- Birch Collection
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1952
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 8mm
- Sound:
- Mute
- Footage:
- 200ft
Production Credits
- Production Details
- See synopsis