Morrison Collection: 7: The Trip Home from Africa; scenes in Nigeria 1939

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/079/007).

Synopsis

(1) Ocean voyage home from Pateau in 1939 in M.V. Accra. with visits to Maderia which show the local scenery and people

(2) Morrison family picnic at the lakeside of Jekko Hydro-electric Dam with rowing boat trip. 1950

(3) St Paul West Girls' School (Scotland) summer excursion and picnic in 1950

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: 7: The Trip Home from Africa; scenes in Nigeria 1939 (Archive)
Series Title:
Morrison Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1950
Running Time:
12m 30s
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
150ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis
 

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Groups

This film belongs to the following groups.

Morrison Collection

 

 

Morrison Collection: 7: The Trip Home from Africa;... (1950)

(1) Ocean voyage home from Pateau in 1939 in M.V. Accra. with visits to Maderia which show the local scenery ...

 
 

Archive Work Groups

Groups

This film belongs to the following groups.

Morrison Collection

 

 

Morrison Collection: 7: The Trip Home from Africa;... (1950)

(1) Ocean voyage home from Pateau in 1939 in M.V. Accra. with visits to Maderia which show the local scenery ...