Tymms Collection on civil aviation Film 6

Dr Sujit Sivasundaram talks about the importance of the Royal Commonwealth Society Film collection and how he believes the collection can be used in academic research, and by the public more generally. He also watches and discusses his favourite film in the collection - Tymms Collection on Civil Aviation Film 19.

Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes talks about the importance of the Royal Commonwealth Society Film collection and how she believes the collection can be used in academic research, and by the public more generally. She also discusses her favourite film in the collection - Tymms Collection on Civil Aviation Film 8.

A 16mm colour film (9min 09sec). 'Tanganyika Territory' Tabora Region. Tanzania. Notes on the film can read: 'Uvinza to Mpanda Goldfield. Nov. 1939. Musoma to Kagera. Jan. 1939. Musoma. Jan. 1940'. Workshop / factory indoor scenes. Men showing a large dead crocodile. Riverbank scenes of rope pulled ferry and women doing laundry. Men working the riverbed of several narrow water channels (races). Panners at work; fully laden ore waggons. Landscape near the gold mining plant (battery). People bathing in the river; several portraits of women and men wearing traditional jewellery. Extended market scenes. Panoramic landscape views; man carrying several wicker cages on a pole; river scenes. General views of a gold mining battery, possibly at Mpanda. Scenes at the Tabora rail station. Workers travelling in a small truck. Men sluicing for gold. Landscape and views of gold mining camp. For a detailed shot list see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F20 Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20.

A16 mm, black-and-white film (10min 54sec), without sound. Written on the film can is 'Bombay, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Karachi'. Scenes of fishing boats, street vendors, temples, shoreline, flower market, ball games, traditional Burmese dance, aircraft and airport buildings. For a detailed shot list see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F19 Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms photographic collections relating to India such as 'Arrival in India' (RCMS 20/2/10), 'Delhi-Simla-Burma' (RCMS 20/2/11), 'India, 1936-38' (RCMS 20/2/12), 'India (miscellaneous)' (RCMS 20/2/14), 'India, 1934-1947' (RCMS 20/2/15), 'Delhi' (RCMS 20/2/16), and 'The snow range from Simla' (RCMS 20/2/18)

An 16 mm, black-and-white film (12min 21sec) without sound. A label on the film reel reads: 'India B&W copy. North West Frontier Province. Kashmir. Palampur. Simla'. Views of the Khyber Pass - rocky mountainsides, with buildings/fortifications/outlook posts at points along the ridge. Also views of Dal Lake and Srinagar in Kashmir, and of Himalayan hill stations in Himachal Pradesh. Craftmanship. River scenes. For a detailed shot list see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F17 Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms photographic collections relating to India such as 'Arrival in India' (RCMS 20/2/10), 'Delhi-Simla-Burma' (RCMS 20/2/11), 'India, 1936-38' (RCMS 20/2/12), 'India (miscellaneous)' (RCMS 20/2/14), 'India, 1934-1947' (RCMS 20/2/15), 'Delhi' (RCMS 20/2/16), and 'The snow range from Simla' (RCMS 20/2/18)

A 16mm black-and-white film (9min 49sec) without sound. Showing, among others, busy street scenes, farming scenes, elephant rides, coastal scenes and a view of a mountain range. Several scenes of Qutub Minar, Delhi, of road trips, street vendors, shikar and fly fishing. A note on the film can reads: 'India B&W original. Hyderabad. Jaipur. Simla. Delhi'. For additional information see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F16 Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms photographic collections relating to India such as 'Arrival in India' (RCMS 20/2/10), 'Delhi-Simla-Burma' (RCMS 20/2/11), 'India, 1936-38' (RCMS 20/2/12), 'India (miscellaneous)' (RCMS 20/2/14), 'India, 1934-1947' (RCMS 20/2/15), 'Delhi' (RCMS 20/2/16), and 'The snow range from Simla' (RCMS 20/2/18)

A 16mm, colour film (6min 16sec) without sound, showing of erosion in Tanganyika (Tanzania), railway bridge building and fishing. The writing on the film can reads: 'Tanganyika. Erosion scenes, building bridge, lake and fishing'. A note included with the cinefilm mentions the building of the railway bridge 'over R. Mukundokwa (nr. Kilosa), 1937?'. For a detailed shot list see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F15. Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms Paper collection - 'Travel journal' (RCMS 20/1/6/8).

A 16mm colour film of Tanzania (10min 03sec) . The film begins with a map of Tanganyika. Other scenes include mine plants/shafts, rock outcrops, locust swarms, gold prospecting/panning and wildlife. A note on the film can reads: 'Tanganyika (Teale). Mines (?Geita), lake, etc'. For additional information see see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F14 Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms Paper collection - 'Travel journal' (RCMS 20/1/6/8).

A 16mm black-and-white film (4min 48sec) without sound of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (I.C.A.O.) meeting at Montreal on 19 June 1952; general views of Lake Memphremagog and of horsejumping. A note on the film can reads: 'Montreal B&W. Council 1952. Lake Memphra Magog'. It might be possible to identity among those who attended the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation Messrs.Warner, Ljungberg, Rios (Argentina); Verhaegen (Belgium); Booth, Pattison (Canada); Hamdy (Egypt); Ali Fuad (Iraq); Cacopardo (Italy); Van Hasselt (Netherlands); Subtil (Portugal); Carter, Tymms (UK); Paul Smith, Claude Smith (USA); Chafardet (Venezuela); Lang (South Africa); Bobo (Spain); Loaeza ( Mexico); Algar (Ireland); Pradhan (India); Teyssier (France); Bouche (France); Larssen (Denmark); Amarante (Brazil); Bradfield (Australia); Lohse (ICAO) and Binaghi (Argentina). For additional information see see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F13 Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms photographic collections relating to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (I.C.A.O.): 'Conferences' (RCMS 20/2/22), in particular photograph RCMS 20/2/22/34. See also in Tymms Paper collection 'Chapter 11: I.C.A.O. Council member, 1947-1954' (RCMS 20/1/2/1/9)

A 16 mm, black-and-white film (11min 12sec.) without sound, probably taken in 1925. The writing on the film can says 'Lutenbe and Karamoja. Birds and Buck Kasi[a]o and Church's elephant'. The scenes mostly show indigenous people, dances, and wildlife. Kasi[a]o may refer to Kasiso, in Luwero District, Uganda. See: http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-2423916&fid=6454&c=uganda (website accessed 1 January 2014). For a detailed shot list see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F12 Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms photographic collections relating to Africa in 'First African survey' (RCMS 20/2/6).