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Cameraman Frank Goodliffe and filmmaker Paul Rotha at the Temple of Olympian Zeus during the filming of Contact, Athens, 1933

Description:
Cameraman Frank Goodliffe seen from the back operating a motion picture camera on a tripod. He is photographing fallen column drums and a column base of the Temple of Olympian Zeus. Beyond the column drums is Paul Rotha, seen from the back, elevated and holding on to the thin trunk of a tree and a tree branch
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Cameraman Frank Goodliffe and filmmaker Paul Rotha at the Temple of Olympian Zeus during the filming of Contact, Athens, 1933

Cameraman Frank Goodliffe and filmmaker Paul Rotha on the Acropolis during the filming of Contact, Athens, 1933

Description:
Cameraman Frank Goodliffe kneeling and looking through the lens of a Parvo ("Debrie") motion picture camera on a tripod, filming the Parthenon, on the right, for the film "Contact." Filmmaker Paul Rotha stands next to him. On a block of stone on the left is a Newman-Sinclair motion picture camera. On the ground behind Goodliffe is a bottle of wine, two wine glasses and a paper bag.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Cameraman Frank Goodliffe and filmmaker Paul Rotha on the Acropolis during the filming of Contact, Athens, 1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha filming on the Nile River during the filming of Contact, Aswān (vicinity), Egypt, 1933

Description:
Paul Rotha looking through the lens of a Newman-Sinclair motion picture camera on a tripod towards the Nile River during the filming of Contact. Three local attendants stand behind him wearing turbans, tunics and skirts with one carrying an umbrella. A man wearing a fez and a suit, probably a Shell employee, stands behind Rotha. The man standing on the right wearing a pith helmet and tweed jacket and holding a cane is probably the cameraman Horace Wheddon.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha filming on the Nile River during the filming of Contact, Aswān (vicinity), Egypt, 1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha and cameraman Horace Wheddon in front of the Church of the Seven Apostles during the filming of Contact, Capernaum, 1932

Description:
Paul Rotha, kneeling, and Horace Wheddon, cameraman, next to a Parvo ("Debrie") motion picture camera on a tripod, filming next to the Greek Orthodox Church of the Seven Apostles (built in 1931) in the ancient city of Capernaum (Kefar Nachum), on the shore of the Sea of Galilee near Tiberias.
Date:
November 1932-December 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha and cameraman Horace Wheddon in front of the Church of the Seven Apostles during the filming of Contact, Capernaum, 1932

Filmmakers with ladder, platform, and camera, near Imperial Airways plane Hengist at Croydon Airport during the filming of Contact, London, 1932

Description:
"Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel is opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens
Date:
1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmakers with ladder, platform, and camera, near Imperial Airways plane Hengist at Croydon Airport during the filming of Contact, London, 1932

Filmmaker Paul Rotha and cameraman Horace Wheddon on location next to the Sea of Galilee during the filming of Contact, Tiberias (vicinity), 1932

Description:
Filmmaker Paul Rotha lying on the ground and looking through a Parvo ("Debrie") motion picture camera with cameraman Horace on location standing behind him and holding a camera lens, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee perhaps near Capernaum or Tiberias
Date:
November 1932-December 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha and cameraman Horace Wheddon on location next to the Sea of Galilee during the filming of Contact, Tiberias (vicinity), 1932

Filmmaker Paul Rotha, Margaret Rotha and a guide on the bank of the Victoria Nile River during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha, Margaret Rotha and a guide on the bank of the Victoria Nile River during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Guide Captain Drysdale helps filmmaker Paul Rotha party board a boat during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Guide Captain Drysdale helps filmmaker Paul Rotha party board a boat during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha seated aboard the tugboat S.S. Livingston on Lake Albert during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha seated aboard the tugboat S.S. Livingston on Lake Albert during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Paul Rotha on the bank of the Victoria Nile River lying looking through a camera during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Paul Rotha on the bank of the Victoria Nile River lying looking through a camera during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha filming on the bank of the Victoria Nile River near Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha filming on the bank of the Victoria Nile River near Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha filming near the Victoria Nile River, assisted by a Ugandan worker, Uganda, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha filming near the Victoria Nile River, assisted by a Ugandan worker, Uganda, 1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha, guide Drysdale and Ugandan stopped near the Victoria Nile River, Uganda, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha, guide Drysdale and Ugandan stopped near the Victoria Nile River, Uganda, 1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha with camera aboard the tugboat S.S. Livingston on Lake Albert during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha with camera aboard the tugboat S.S. Livingston on Lake Albert during a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda, 1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha and cameraman Horace Wheddon filming trees, sky, or airplane during the filming of Contact, Nairobi, 1932

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
November 1932-December 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha and cameraman Horace Wheddon filming trees, sky, or airplane during the filming of Contact, Nairobi, 1932

Filmmaker Paul Rotha, Margaret Rotha, and cameraman Horace Wheddon with drinks and touring car, Nairobi, 1932

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
November 1932-December 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha, Margaret Rotha, and cameraman Horace Wheddon with drinks and touring car, Nairobi, 1932

Filmmaker Paul Rotha photographing hieroglyphic writing, Aswān or Cairo, Egypt, 1932-1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
[November 1932-January 1933]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha photographing hieroglyphic writing, Aswān or Cairo, Egypt, 1932-1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha and a man in a suit and tie (Shell employee?) during the filming of Contact, Aswān, Egypt, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha and a man in a suit and tie (Shell employee?) during the filming of Contact, Aswān, Egypt, 1933

Filmmaker Paul Rotha, camel, and local Egyptians, Aswān, Egypt, 1933

Description:
“Contact" (1933) is a documentary film by Paul Rotha. Made for Imperial Airways and sponsored by Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, "Contact" shows the construction of an airplane and how air travel was opening up the world. It was filmed in England and along air routes in the Middle East, Africa and Athens. In the chapter "Making Contact 1932-33 (1973)," in A Paul Rotha Reader, Rotha writes about riding camels in Aswān in January 1933.
Date:
January 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmaker Paul Rotha, camel, and local Egyptians, Aswān, Egypt, 1933

Filmmakers with ladder, platform, and camera near Imperial Airways plane Hengist during the filming of Contact, Croydon Airport, London, 1932

Description:
Ladder and platform, with cameraman Jack Parker standing on platform with camera, Paul Rotha seated on platform, 4 other men on ground, ladder, and plane, with nose of transport plane Hengist visible at right during the filming of "Contact"
Date:
November 1932-December 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Rotha (Paul) Papers, 1914-1980
Filmmakers with ladder, platform, and camera near Imperial Airways plane Hengist during the filming of Contact, Croydon Airport, London, 1932