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Unique film of an expedition to East Africa, 1936

By Claire Frankland · November 11, 2015 · Archives, Uncategorised · No comments

In 1936, Major HS Leeson, an entomologist working at the School, set off on an expedition to study malarial mosquitoes in East Africa. He was accompanied by his assistant, John David Gillett, who made an extraordinary film of the whole expedition, from their departure from Croyden Airport, their flight to…

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