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  1. The Ordeal by Fire

    Date released
    3 Jun 1929
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    1612; Super Issue No.: 29/44
    NoS ID
    087659
    Story no
    7 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Indians rendered immune to physical pain by spiritual fervour, cross carpet of burning charcoal unhurt at Umbile Temple.

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  2. Slimming Drill

    Date released
    20 Aug 1931
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    533
    NoS ID
    332796

    NoS Summary - Keep fit routines performed in Durban, South Africa. British Pathe synopsis: "Durban is a long way from London but our South African kin have the same "boyish" figure idea - and try hard to...

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  3. Hidden Treasure

    Date released
    14 Sep 1931
    Series name
    Pathe Pictorial
    Issue no
    702
    NoS ID
    114047
    Story no
    1 / 5

    NoS synopsis: Footage of a children’s treasure hunt in Durban.

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  4. Tyred and untired

    Date released
    17 Dec 1931
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    550
    NoS ID
    332879
    Story no
    3 / 5

    NoS Summary - Young boys have fun being rolled along inside car tires. British Pathe synopsis: South Africa "There are more ways of using motor tyres than on wheels discovered the urchins of Durban." M/S of...

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  5. Now a Change from Down Below - Up above with Eve

    Date released
    14 Jan 1932
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    554
    NoS ID
    332896
    Story no
    5 / 5

    British Pathe synopsis: "Into our ‘plane en route for Durban." M/S of group of people climbing into a small plane (only one woman). M/S of the front of the plane as the propellor is spun to start the...

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  6. Ware Sharks!

    Date released
    5 Jan 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    605
    NoS ID
    333119
    Story no
    1 / 5

    NoS Summary - Fishing for hammerhead sharks in Durban, South Africa. British Pathe synopsis: "Down in South Africa, they go for sharks with rod and line - real hammerheads too - and the Durban fishers use...

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  7. Hard Labour for Charity

    Date released
    15 Jul 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/57
    NoS ID
    098085
    Story no
    3 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Furniture firms contribute two suites of furniture to the Mayor of Durban’s War Fund on condition that they are carried from the showrooms.

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  8. Fanaticism of the Orient

    Date released
    9 Sep 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/73
    NoS ID
    098242
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Indians prepare for the ceremony of fire-walking. The men are worked up into a frenzy and eventually go into a trance, their skins are pierced with needles and hooks, and then they undergo the supreme ordeal...

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  9. South African Women Despatch Riders

    Date released
    27 Sep 1940
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    40/78
    NoS ID
    098274
    Story no
    2 / 9
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Women of the South African Women Despatch Rider Unit compete in a motorcycle cross country event.

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  10. Indian Troops in South Africa

    Date released
    14 Aug 1941
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    41/65
    NoS ID
    098960
    Story no
    2 / 7
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Indian troops are welcomed to Durban by the Mayor. They are in South Africa to guard Italian colonial prisoners.

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