Swaziland Celebrates New Year Festival

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1077

Date Released

23 Jan 1950

Date submitted

16 Jan 1950

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Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Swaziland Festival. DESCRIPTION: Swaziland, which South Africa wishes to incorporate in the Union, is a small Protectorate between Transvaal and Natal. The people are mostly herdsmen and have recently been celebrating their great New Year Festival called Incwala. SHOTLIST: KS. Elevated GV of countryside. Native children caring the herds of cattle. Two native children on one donkey, SCU of same. SCU native child picking bark off tree & eating same. CU warrior in full regalia. CU native Princess runs from camera. CU native girl smiles. CU married native woman. Elevated GV of Royal Kraal. Paramount Chief’s wives enter Kraal, several shots. Princesses walk single file across Royal Kraal. Warriors in full regalia assemble. Resident (white) Commissioner escorted by Queen Mother walks through Kraal. GV of gathering. Large pot of beer is tasted by all present, all drink from same pot. CU warrior on hands & knees drinking from pot. Various angle shots (lenses) of warriors & native women doing traditional dances.

Keywords

Celebrations and festivals

Locations

Mbabane

Card file number

53074

Credits:

Camera: H. Duncan Abraham
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

194

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