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).
A very short 16mm undated film (7 sec) excerpt without sound. A family on a beach (possibly reading a letter). Written on the film spool: 'Brackley Beach'. Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20.
A short 16mm undated film (1min) without sound. The opening scene is of brightly lit street signs at night. Another scene shows a woman's hands snapping and twisting a twig, demonstrating its fibrousness. A note attached to the film can reads: 'St Catherine St Milkweeds Po[d]s'.
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%2F10
Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20.
A 16mm, colour film (4min), without sound, showing various images of Bombay and Delhi including street scenes, garden parties, airfields and building sites.
Includes footage of Air India celebrations in Bombay on 15 October 1962, when J.R.D Tata re-enacted his first Karachi-Ahmedabad-Bombay flight of 1932.
For a detailed shot list see the Royal Commonwealth Society Collections cataloguing notes at
http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsid=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FRCMS%2020%2F3%2F8.
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 (5 min 34 sec) showing religious parades, harbour and market scenes. A note on the film can reads: 'High Thicket Snow, January 1962. Cap Ferrat, Bruges, Brussels, May 1962'.
Film opens at High Thicket, Frederick Tymms' home in Dockenfield, near Farnham in Surrey, in January 1962. Woman and child taking a dog for walk in the snow, and views of a house and garden in winter sunshine and snow.
0:53 -1.20 At a Hunt meeting (riders, hounds, supporters) - possibly in Surrey.
Film then jumps to Belgium.
1:21 - 2:42 'Bruggges Schoonste Dag' - (Procession of the Holy Blood), Bruges, Ascension Day, May 1962. Large crowds watch the parade.
Film then jumps to Algeria.
2:43 - 4:16 Cap Ferrat on the coast of Northwest Algeria - hotels, waterfront, sightseeing along the coast, ferries, harbours.
Film then jumps back to Belgium.
4:17- 4:48 Flower market and caged birds for sale - in the Grand Plaza, Brussels (aka Grand Place or Grote Markt)
4:49 - 5:04 Exploring a castle
5:05 - 5:12 Fishing boats and fish market on quayside - in Ostend(?)
Film jumps back to UK.
5:14 - 5:34 Flowering trees, probably at High Thicket, Dockenfield, Surrey. Two women walking in the garden.
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%2F7.
Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20.
See also Tymms photographic collections relating to Belgium: 'North and Central America, Oceania and Europe' (RCMS 20/2/20).
A 16mm colour film (10min 34sec) without sound, showing scenes in the West Indies. A number of scenes were shot at airports and from aeroplanes. Also scenes of travel, schoolchildren, market vendors and sailing. The only clearly identifiable place is Dominica as a sign is pictured at the airport.
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%2F6.
Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20.
A 16mm colour film (7min 22sec) without sound, showing scenes of fruit and flower markets; sealife; beachside swimming and sunbathing; people racing in snowshoes; views from an ocean liner. The writing on the film spool reads 'Sea Island. Florida. St. Lawrence Jan Feb 53. Snowshoe Parade Feb 53'.
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%2F5.
Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20.
See also Tymms photographic collections relating to Canada: 'North and Central America, Oceania and Europe' (RCMS 20/2/20).
A 16mm colour film (11min 53sec), without sound. Mainly scenes showing the St Lawrence 'freeze up' of 1951-1952, including road clearance scenes, winter sports and a view of ice flows breaking up by the progress of a ship. A note on the film can reads: 'St Lawrence freeze-up. Montreal - snow ploughs. The mountain - winter sports. Laurentians - spring. Windsor, Vermont - summer'.
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%2F4
Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20.
See also Tymms photographic collections relating to Canada: 'North and Central America, Oceania and Europe' (RCMS 20/2/20).
A 16mm colour film (11min 54sec) without sound. Mainly general countryside and family scenes filmed between 1951-1952. Short scenes of fisherman at work. A note on the film can reads: 'Connecticut. Okha. Bar Harbour. Prince Edward Id. Fall colours - Laurentians'.
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%2F3
Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20.
See also Tymms photographic collections relating to Canada: 'North and Central America, Oceania and Europe' (RCMS 20/2/20).
A 16mm, black-and-white and colour film (12min 16sec), without sound, showing urban and rural scenes filmed in 1940 in Nairobi, Nyeri, Rift Valley, and Karema Depression Region. 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%2F2
Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Tymms collection on civil aviation, RCMS 20. See also Tymms photographic collections relating to Kenya in 'First African survey' (RCMS 20/2/6), ' First African mission' (RCMS 20/2/7), and 'Africa' (RCMS 20/2/8).
Part of ‘South African Aid to Britain Fund Overseas travel parties for Youth. West Africa Tour. November 1955 – January 1956’, and second part of the RCMS 219/3/2 film on Nigeria. Intertitles and shot list include: ‘Itu Leper Colony’, ‘Enugu – Boys’ Band Hilltop’, ‘Jos tin mines – tin and columbite’, ‘Famous hospital – Vom. Plateau – house and patients’, ‘Village crafts – Kudaru’, ‘Mock Police Riot. Police College, Kaduna’, ‘Northern House of Assembly’, ‘Compound of the Emir of Zaria’, ‘Village life and weaving’, ‘Tukur Tukur village headman, building a wall and children at Muslim school’, ‘Minjebir – weaving’, ‘Farwell to the Emir of Katsina’, ‘Emir and Councillors – Guy Lorimer, Resident’, ‘Kano – the Walled City’, ‘Square, entrance to palace, other buildings’, ‘Lugard Gate’, Groundnuts, oil’, ‘The Tour’s Bus’, ‘View of Kano from minaret’, ‘The Mosque, Kano’.
Related collections: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, South African Aid to Britain Fund, RCMS 219. South African Aid to Britain Fund - Tour Albums (RCMS 219/1). South African Aid to Britain Fund - Related Paper (RCMS 219/2). South African Aid to Britain Fund - Ventures in Understanding (RCMS 219/2/2). South African Aid to Britain Fund - West African Tour (RCMS 219/1/4).