Morrison Collection: 3: Mrs Lang Brown at Jekko Pt 1. 1937/38

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/079/003).

Synopsis

Mrs Lang Brown at Jekko: at her parents' home featuring her as a child of 3-4yrs with children of similar age and friends in a domestic environment. Family interaction with local population and scenes of everyday life. Also scenes of race meetings attended by Europeans and Africans. NB: Film broken near end

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: 3: Mrs Lang Brown at Jekko Pt 1. 1937/38 (Archive)
Series Title:
Morrison Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1937
Running Time:
approx 33m 20s
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
400ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis