Morrison Collection: 8: Nigeria - Wartime convoy and colonial domestic life 1939-1940

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2001/079/008).

Synopsis

Early Wartime Atlantic Convoy at sea. Merchant shipping in port. French warship making steam. Mini-Durbar gathering of horsemen and horse races. Childhood domestic scene at bungalow with donkey rides and dancing. Safari party with vehicles, guns and kill.

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: 8: Nigeria - Wartime convoy and colonial domestic life 1939-1940 (Archive)
Series Title:
Morrison Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1940
Running Time:
approx 16m 40s
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS
Sound:
Mute
Footage:
approx 200ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
See synopsis