Native Chiefs Ignore High Commissioner

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1086A

Date Released

30 Mar 1950

Date submitted

1950

Date submitted

21 Mar 1950

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Trailer: Nothing in the Bottle
2. 2Combined Navies in Mock Battle
3. 3Nationalist China Prepares to Hit Back
4. 4Native Chiefs Ignore High Commissioner
5. 5Britain’s New Oil Refinery
6. 6Germany Ends Rationing
7. 7'Appy ‘Ampstead Meets the Skiers
8. *Irish Movietone: Railway Cup Finals at Croke Park
9. *Rugby International - Wales V France
10. *FA Cup Semi-Final - Liverpool V Everton
11. *St Patrick’s Parade in New York

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bamangwato Chiefs Boycott High Commissioner. DESCRIPTION: While Seretse Khama was in London, Sir Evelyn Baring, the British High Commissioner, has travelled a thousand miles to Serowe to explain the British Government’s decision - but the meeting was boycotted by the chiefs. SHOTLIST: KS. GV mounted police en route. Several shots of Serowe. Native woman brewing beer. Native child milking goat. Elevated GV police encampment. Various shots of South African police present arms & marching. Bechuanaland police marching & singing (sound from disc). Reporter in Kgotla with typewriter on his knee. Shots of deserted Kgotla. Blown-up material - Sir Evelyn Baring - High Commissioner, holding press conference, various shots of him. SCU Baring.

Keywords

Politics and government; Independence movements

Locations

Bechuanaland; Serowe

Card file number

53439

Credits:

Camera

H. Duncan Abraham

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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