Enquiry Sent!

Thanks for getting in touch. We’ll get back to you very soon.

Go Back to Homepage

Delegation on Tour of Kenya

Reel Number: 220884-24

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1950s

Country: Kenya

Location:

TC Begins: 01:13:05

TC Ends: 01:15:44

Duration: 00:02:39

Delegation on Tour of Kenya British Parliamentary delegation led by Mr Walter Elliot vists new housing estate in Kenya. Houses under construction by locals. Mr Wakefield MP shovels cement from wheelbarrow. Delegates tour housing estate. 01:14:22 Men and women digging ditch round guard post near Kikuyu reserve. Elliot speaks to Kikuyu home guard who are armed with spears. 01:14:40 Kenyan police working with youngsters. 01:14:54 Delegation meeting with more home guard. Land where Mau Mau prisoners detained for minor crimes are encouraged to farm land. 01:15:12 Delegation meets with Mrs Breckonbridge? wife of labour officer and the only White woman in the area. 01:15:19 AVs Camp. Interiors Mr Elliot with “partially reformed” Mau Mau prisoners. Prisoners behind barbed wire fence.

Show more