KENYA 1950'S - COLOUR - NO SOUND

(31 Dec 1955)
Native boy washing in stream, two riders to stream, boys take horses, riders walk away to woods. Landscape, Mount Kenya in bg. Landscape - boy runs through scrub. Landscape tracking shot passing plain and scrub. Naurobi - Native village in poor quarter. Group of women in village doing washing. Native children in street. Niarobi Airport - BOAC aircraft (Comet?) towards camera, steps are pushed towards. Air view Nairobi. Pan around Kenyan farm.
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[@ThePMMW]

Had no idea they had such good quality cameras in the 50s. This is HD capable

[@Reqnaw10]

Excellent. The BOAC aircraft is a Canadair North Star - known as the "Argonaut" in BOAC service. Powered by 4 Rolls Royce Merlin engines developed from the Merlin engines which powered the Hurricane, Spitfire and Lancaster (among other WW2 aircraft). I few in one as a young child from London to Nairobi in 1955.

[@lydiaotieno7592]

kenyans really lived in peace

[@Robert34000]

You're right about the aircraft, an "Argonaut" of BOAC. I flew on one on a scheduled flight London to Nairobi, November, 1955. This was the old Eastleigh Airport, Nairobi.

[@Reqnaw10]

Robert Yates We might have been on the same flight! Good that someone else remembers the Argonaut.

[@TheLifeEvents]

Amazing, the views over the city, I can not locate any significant landmarks.
My 1st Flight was BOAC comet in 1960, born in Nairobi in 56.
Would like to chat to both you guys
Dennis

[@TheLifeEvents]

Robert, just replied to Kevin. Great film of Kenya in the old days.

[@manassehskuria6869]

Instead of arguing nonsense here, just take your time to reflect that majority of the souls you see walking around in this video are no longer with us. Simply refocus your energy and use your time wisely

[@kman33ful]

nobody has...

[@nida4509]

Thank you ❤

[@bornfe5127]

amazing , the camera is serious

[@heraldloshi1864]

This is a lovely country.

[@cvdiecast]

Was*

[@kman33ful]

@@cvdiecast was gonna say that

[@richardwanene6369]

Ahh...what a wonderful, prestine under populated and scenic airport.
It's a damn shame that the current government is oblivious to protecting all the remaining open green spaces inside and outside Nairobi. God bless this beautiful city under the sun.

[@omondi_wa_butere]

Interesting

[@jamesnderitu1681]

The British defiled out beautiful country.

[@kentosh120]

No comparison with modern dirty Nairobi.

[@stevek8318]

How

[@jamesm.m1175]

This was in the 50s under there watch! Beautiful as it can be.
The defiling as you call it started way down the line!

[@MattDiamondFlix]

@@buddisciple9974 go live in a forest, no one is stopping you.

[@MattDiamondFlix]

@@irieworld4948 Karibu Kiambu

[@TheEzekiel85]

Imagine those kids we see are now our parents and grandparents... 😀😃😀😃

[@ochanacharles6139]

A high resolution camera of its days . .. ...

[@Leo15730]

Yeah. Looks like a 16mm footage shot by a professional !!

[@flametree74]

City Market is a great Marker. This must be before Uhuru highway was built.

[@Roe-fq5zp]

Life is all the same ...so even after we leave only buildings will change earth remains

[@paulogolla4551]

were it not for guns..

[@R_Borban265]

A beautiful nation bt poor kenyans, today ts different

[@stevek8318]

Still the same in most rural towns. The British need to return and see how lowzy our presidents have been. (Other than kifaki) Come pick up from where you had left

[@nananana150]

“Come pick up where you had left” How about the people overthrow the incompetent leaders first

[@dhakomodherooherokoko6037]

WE NEED TO BELIEVE IN OURSELVES NOT THE BRITISH

[@wi1born.271]

We don't need people like Steve

[@lisakibathi6434]

Now “kifaki” is no longer with us… my how time flies 😔

[@mwangiirungu3670]

Its easy to say that if you didn't live in that error and your ancestor didn't go to the forest