Dingaan’s Day in South Africa

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1073

Date Released

26 Dec 1949

Date submitted

19 Dec 1949

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dingaan’s Day in South Africa. DESCRIPTION: The inauguration of the Voortrekker monument near Pretoria made very big news throughout South Africa. Dingaan’s Day commemorates the defeat by the trekkers of part of Dingann, the Zulu Chief’s Army in 1838. SHOTLIST: KS. LS Voortrekker Monument. South Africans on horseback ride through town towards the monument. Various shots of the monument & CU parts of the monument. GV - scenic showing countryside with monument. Various GVs crowds assembling. Cut-in CU types of Africans, wearing beards. GV amphitheatre, packed to capacity. Dr Malan & Smuts address crowd (silent). GV & MS folk dancing by the hundred. MS monument shows six girls & boys entering same. Interior of dome shows ray of light from sun shining through onto words "Suid Africa". GV - scenic of countryside.

Keywords

Buildings and structures

Locations

Pretoria

Card file number

52954

Credits:

Camera: H. Duncan Abraham
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

176

Story extras:

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