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Peskett collection... Peskett collection, 1950s-1964


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  • 2002/106
  • In this collection, Peskett's footage documents his time, either as part of work duties or as leave, travelling through countries near the East African coastline. Peskett visits Tanganyika (Tanzania), Uganda, Kenya as well as Rhodesia and southern Sudan. His footage examines mainly the natural aspects of the countries he visits on safari with his family, focusing on waterfalls, rivers, lakes, landscapes and the various types of wildlife that inhabit them. However, Peskett also documents political aspects of newly emancipated African countries, such as the first parliamentary elections held in Uganda in 1961. Peskett also references the history of the countries he visits, filming the Great Zimbabwean Ruins, Cecil John Rhodes' grave and the ruins of explorer Samuel Baker's camp in Gulu, northern Uganda.
  • 1950s-1964
  • Uganda
  • Kenya
  • Tanzania
  • Tanganyika
  • Sudan
  • Southern Rhodesia
  • Zimbabwe
  • 6 films
  • The copies are of poor quality.
  • Open
  • None
  • Collection
  • William Brian Peskett
  • William Brian Peskett (1929-2009) worked for the Polices forces of Kenya, Uganda and Botswana during the 1950s and 1960s, serving 19 years as a senior superintendent. He then went on to serve in a commissioned rank with the Trucial Oman Scouts and the Sultan of Oman's Forces in the later 1960s and 1970s. He died in Bournemouth in 2009.

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Peskett Collection 1: Travels in Northern Uganda and Sudan, 1950s Peskett Collection 2: National Parks and Wildlife in Uganda, 1958 Peskett Collection 3: First Parliamentary Elections and Travel Sequences, 1960-62 Peskett Collection 4: Kampala at the time of Independence, 1962 Peskett Collection 5: A Journey from Kenya to Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Peskett Collection 6: A Safari around East Africa, 1963