100,000 Basuto Greet the King

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1676

Date Released

24 Mar 1947

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Monty Tells How We Can Win Through
2. 2Fens an Inland Sea
3. 3100,000 Basuto Greet the King

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

The King, greeted by 80,000 natives at Maseru, capital of Basutoland, presents Regent Mantsebo with OBE.

Keywords

Royalty; Women; Awards and honours

Locations

South Africa; Basutoland

Footage sources

African Film Production
British Movietone News

Library number

16056

Credits:

Soundman

Derek Stiles

Camera

Graham T. Thompson

Camera

Paul Wyand

Length of story (in feet)

275

Story extras:

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Notes

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