| SLUM CLEARANCE IN JOHANNESBURG Impoverished black township - Prospect Town - cleared to make way for railway goods yard. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6349 |
| Catalog #: | 52430 | |
| Clip Number: | 52430-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 37/82 | |
| Timecode: | 01:01:07 - 01:02:13 | |
| Location: | Johannesburg, South Africa. | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CITY PLANNING: Urban Renewal DEMOLITION: Buildings HABITATS, HUMAN: Urban, Big City LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa, Johannesburg | |
| Description: | "Slum clearance in Johannesburg". Johannesburg, South Africa. Various shots of Prospect Town - a poverty stricken shanty town inhabited by black population. We see a group of men moving a piano and people packing up their belongings. The inhabitants and their belongings are loaded onto trucks and taken to new estate outside the city. Various shots of, mainly white, workers demolishing the township. Bulldozers and tractors on caterpillar wheels flatten the shacks to piles of rubble. A railway goods yard will be built on the site. | |
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