Wicksteed Collection: 20. Coastal Cruising off Borneo. Early 1960s
This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2003/016/020).
Synopsis
Lake District gymkhana. Middle East airport with aircraft movements.
Tour by boat of Portsmouth Naval Dockyard with attention paid to HMS Vanguard. (The 'last battleship in the Royal Navy'). Religious flower procession in Lake District and the local Kendal Otter Hunt.
Coastal cruising by Wicksteed family along the coast of Borneo in the official yacht -tender 'Sandal'. and visit to Borneo coastal fishing village.
Production / Donor Details: These films were taken by Edmund Kennedy Wicksteed CBE, 1916-1992. Wicksteed served as customs officer in Malaya during the 1930s. After the War he served as a District Officer and a Resident in Borneo.
Titles
- Wicksteed Collection: 20. Coastal Cruising off Borneo. Early 1960s (Archive)
- Series Title:
- Wicksteed Collection
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1960
- Running Time:
- 27minutes 39secs
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 8mm VHS Other
- Sound:
- Mute
Production Credits
- Production Details
- See synopsis
