Livingstone’s Expeditions

The J Arthur Rank Organisation Limited presents Livingstone’s Expeditions, supervised by Rev James McNair BD, Chairman of the Livingstone Memorial, Blantyre, Lanarkshire and CM Green MA.

The video shows:

Shots of Blantyre from old prints and film

Map of Africa

Kuruman mission station.

Shots of native homes and customs

Dramatised account of Livingstone’s expedition

Find a route to the sea, first west, then east, illustrated by maps.

Discovery of the Victoria Falls (11.35);

Press rumours of Livingstone’s death and dramatised version of Henry Stanley’s quest to find him.

The two men meet in Ujjiji (13.50);

Livingstone and Stanley say goodbye as the former is to remain in Africa (14.25);

Livingstone found dead in his bed on 1st May 1873

Wooden carving of natives bearing his body to the coast

Livingstone’s tomb in Westminster Abbey

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