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Prince Arthur of Connaught, Governor-General of Union of South Africa visits Basutoland

Vast numbers of horsemen gather to welcome the Governor-General, of Union of South Africa, to Basutoland. Basuto chiefs and leaders pose in ceremonial regalia, including elaborate headdress. A dancer performs on an outcropping of rock. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Arthur of Connaught arrive, with other British dignitaries, in three open motorcars. Prince Arthur is Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. He and his party are also dressed in formal regalia. His car, the center one, displays the flag of the Union of South Africa. The cars are escorted by horsemen carrying swords. Prince and Princess Arthur and their party on a reviewing stand. Princess Alexandra wears a coat trimmed with ermine at cuffs and hem. Prince Arthur salutes.

Location: Basutoland South Africa
Date: 1921
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054341
Charles W. A. Scott and co pilot being welcomed after winning Britain-South Africa Air Race at Rand Airport in South Africa.

Winners being welcomed at Rand Airport in Germiston, South Africa. Aircraft lands at the Rand Airport. Aviator Charles William Anderson Scott and his co-pilot Giles Guthrie disembark from an aircraft. People welcome them as they win the Britain- South Africa 6500 miles Air Race in 53 hours.

Location: South Africa
Date: 1936, October 21
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072524
British Royal family visits Cape Town, South Africa, in the first visit to South Africa by a reigning British monarch

A newsreel titled 'Royal family arrives in South Africa' shows the British Royal family being welcomed by Prime Minister Jan Smuts in Cape Town. The Royal family consisting of King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth II moves across the city in a motorcade, as the people cheer them on. They attend a garden party where nearly five thousand people are gathered to pay respects to them. Queen Elizabeth wears a hat that features ostrich feathers; other women present wear grand hats and carry parasols, influenced by the Queen's fashions.

Location: Cape Town South Africa
Date: 1947, March 3
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038051
Poverty in Appalachian regions after industrialization of early 1900s

Depicts rural families in southern Appalachian regions like Smyth County, Virginia after the industrialization of the early 1900's came to an end and widespread unemployment set in, especially during the Great Depression. A large factory cog coming to a stop. A giant saw blade coming to a stop. Barren areas with tree stumps from a clear cut. Vacant industrial sites. Stream flowing through part of mine works. Men out of work, outside, some carving, some just sitting. Women and children stand outside houses. Woman holds toddler in arms. Men dig grave in cemetery. A rural preacher preaching.

Location: Marion Virginia USA
Date: 1934
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023101
Queen Elizabeth and King George VI visit Victoria Falls in Rhodesia and meet ruler of Barotseland on their tour to southern Africa.

British monarchs tour to Africa. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret visit the Victoria Falls, twice as high as Niagara Falls, on the Zambezi River running between Zambia and Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe). King George VI presents a gift to the ruling Chief of Barotseland, Imwiko Lewanika, known as the Mbumu wa Litunga. Lozi natives dance and native residents play drums. Barotseland Chief rowed on boat by native Lozi men.

Location: Africa
Date: 1947, April
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036723
Doctor David Livingstone meeting Queen Victoria (dramatized), sharing his experience finding Victoria Falls and exploring Africa

Actors in dramatized scenes, together with actual footage of natural landmarks and wildlife in Africa. David Livingstone meets Queen Victoria in Windsor Castle. David Livingstone reports his discoveries in Africa, such as the Victoria Falls, which he named after the Queen. David Livingstone bows to Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria and her mother, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Duchess of Kent and Strathearn), listens to David Livingstone. Thundering waters of Victoria Falls. Herds of zebra, letchwe and wildebeeste grazing in Southern African Savannah. Egrets circling above buffaloes in the African Savannah. Elands, sable antelopes, roan antelopes, druikers in forest. A cheetah waits for prey in rocky hill. Pelicans fly over a lake.

Location: Windsor England United Kingdom
Date: 1925
Duration: 3 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078566
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