| PRINCE OF WALES SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR - Reel 10 Good footage of the Prince of Wales' Royal Tour of South Africa | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7391 |
| Catalog #: | 372555 | |
| Clip Number: | 372555-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 485 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:30:17 - 01:34:51 | |
| Location: | South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: African ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Ethnic / Cultural ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Ethnic / Cultural ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Snake Charmer / Snake Handler FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: State Visits, Royal Tour LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa ROYALTY: British, Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor, Prince of Wales) | |
| Description: | "Freetown girls begin the use of make up at a very early age, as witness these child dancers." CU children in traditional makeup and cloth hats, then dancing for the Prince. "No visit to Freetown is complete without a call upon Mr Bungie, the Sympathetic Undertaker." The scene changes to a town or city street, to the front of Bungie's Funeral Home storefront with British flag flying. Good CU signs 'Sympathetic Undertaker & Contractor - Builder for the Living and the Dead' as well as 'Live like a Fool and Die like a Big Fool. Eat and Drink Good Stuff'. "And here is Mr. Bungie himself, who will build you a house or bury you with equal pleasure and sympathy." CU Mr Bungie, a dignified older African man. "Before leaving Sierra Leone the next morning, the Prine inspected 6000 school children on Tower Hill." Large groups of school children, some with Union Jacks, send the Prince off. "...time was up and soon the Prince's barge was speeding towards the Repulse." The Prince's barge sails across the water, and he boards HMS Repulse, saluted by officers on deck. LS native people sitting on the beach under a palm tree. "All the morning, Sekondi had trobbed with the pomp and circumstance due to a Royal visit." Military parade. " Upon landing, the Prince drove to the Cricket ground to receive the native chiefs." Prince's car arriving. "Attended by his court, each chief was presented to the Prince in turn." Prince is greeted by the chiefs. They offer him gifts. Car is being taken off of a train car. "Here the ceremony of presenting Chiefs to the Prince surpassed in brilliance all that had gone before." Parade of chiefs in traditional clothes. They walk under very large umbrellas. They greet the Prince. | |
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