Wicksteed Collection: 1: Sea Voyage to England on the 'Canton'.

This film is held by the British Empire & Commonwealth Museum (ID: 2003/016/001).

Synopsis

British domestic scenes in Borneo. Harbour scenes in Borneo or Malay.

Sea voyage on the "Canton of London" to England via Singapore. Bombay. Aden. Cairo. Pyramids. Gibraltor. Falmouth. Dover Harbour. Tilbury Docks, showing British harbour shipping in ports. Borneo or Singapore habour, Aden Roads, Cairo city and the Pyramids, Malta coastline. Rock of Gibraltar. Dover Harbour and Castle. Docking at Tilbury port.

Production / Donor Details: These films were taken by Edmund Kennedy Wicksteed, 1916-1992. In the 1930s he worked as a customs officr in Malaya, was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore, & was imprisoned at Lintang Internment Camp, Kuching, Sarawak. After the war he served as a customs officer, District Officer, & then joined the secretariat in Jesseleton before becoming Resident in various districts in Borneo. He returned to England in 1966 when Borneo became independent. He was awarded the CBE for colonial service.

 

Titles

  • Wicksteed Collection: 1: Sea Voyage to England on the 'Canton'. (Archive)
Series Title:
Wicksteed Collection
 

Technical Data

Year:
1955
Running Time:
32 mind 42 sec
Film Gauge (Format):
8mm VHS Other
Footage:
500 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Details
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