SOUTH AFRICA GOES South Africa leaves the Commonwealth.
	Tape Master:	5841
	Catalog #:	86645
	Clip Number:	86645-1
	Orginal Film:	61/23
	Timecode:	01:38:35 - 01:43:08
	Location:	South Africa
	Year Shot:	1961 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	BUILDINGS: Slums/Tenements CIVIL RIGHTS: Apartheid CIVIL RIGHTS: Race Relations INDUSTRY/MINING: Gems, Diamonds INDUSTRY/MINING: Gold LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa OCCUPATIONS: Miner POLITICS: South Africa
	Description:	SOUTH AFRICA GOES South Africa leaves the Commonwealth. South Africa. Panning shot of South African town nestled at base of mountain. View of sign that reads "Cape Town". Shots of signs that read "Whites Only" and "Exclusively for Whites". Street scenes of black South Africans going about daily life. L/S Exterior Lancaster House slip pan. Angle shot flags. L/S Prime Minister Harold Macmillan leaving Lancaster House. C/U Nehru watching. L/S Pan Prime Minister's car drives away. M/S Dr. Verwoerd leaving Lancaster House and getting into car. M/S Press photographers. C/U Pan Dr. Verwoerd drives away in car. L/S Cars driving away from Lancaster House. L/S Gold mine workings in South Africa. C/U Earth moving along conveyor belt. Angle shot as earth drops down. Man using drill worked with his feet. M/S Gold being poured out into mould. M/S Bars of gold stacked up. L/S of the diamond mines in South Africa. L/S Massive bull dozers at work. L/S Diamond mines. M/S Earth and stones etc. being sifted for diamonds. M/S Man picking out two diamonds. C/U Tipping out a whole load of diamonds onto tray. L/S Shanti town and Derelict shacks. C/U Pan up injured black man laying on the ground (this scene from Sharpeville). L/S Burnt out post office. C/U Man showing burnt out files. M/S Mass of debris. M/S General Smutts. C/U General Smutts. L/S Malan. C/U Malan. L/S Rhodes statue. C/U Three scenes. The original diamond rush. L/S Cape Town and liner waiting to take Macmillan back to England. M/S Macmillan shaking hands with Dr. Verwoerd. M/S People waving. M/S Macmillan and Lady Dorothy waving from gangway of ship. L/S Cape town and Table Mountain. C/U Voting placard "Vote yes for our Republic" pan down to another notice "Save South Africa vote No to a republic". L/S Pan people voting at voting booths. L/S Massed crowds in street. L/S Sir de Villiers Graaff, leader of the opposition party addressing crowds. L/S Pan massed crowds listening. M/S Street scene. C/U Sign "Don't sell out to Verwoerd" "Vote No". M/S Verwoerd addressing crowds holding a dove. M/S Crowds listening. M/S Dr. Verwoerd. C/U Pan down placard "Vote Yes for our republic". L/S Group of black men standing on street corner. M/S Electric sign over shop showing the state of the voting Yes 50,9574 No 56,3561 M/S. Black men waiting about on street corner. Nice L/S Cape Town.

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