Episode of Series “African Continent”.
Surveys southern Africa as a region of great wealth and potential. Gold and diamond fields; sheep ranches of the western uplands, and warm fruit lands of the eastern coast. Shows the people that immigration and migration have brought together - Bantu, Dutch, English and Asians; challenges in developing the region’s resources and in solving problems of emerging nationhood.
Content notification
Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.
Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.
How to watch
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322784
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Diamond mines and mining
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Farm life - South Africa
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Gold mines and mining
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - South Africa
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cultural relativism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Emigration and immigration
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → South Africa - Economic conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → South Africa - Race relations
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → South Africa - Social conditions
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)