| WEALTH FOR SOME PENURY FOR OTHERS A diamond rush in South Africa. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5350 |
| Catalog #: | 244851 | |
| Clip Number: | 244851-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1330 | |
| Timecode: | 01:57:53 - 01:58:41 | |
| Location: | South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Gems, Diamonds LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa | |
| Description: | Wealth for some - penury for others. Agile youth and stiff joined old age - in dramatic race to peg out their claims in newly discovered diamond field. After 7 days feverish digging! South Africa. L/S of a crowd of people and cars gathered on desert plain. All at once the people run towards the camera. Hundreds of men race past. L/S of an encampment on the desert - diamond prospectors living in tents and caravans. Panning shot of diamond mine field - individuals dig their own small pits. M/S of a man turning a handle of a machine (looks like giant mangle) that sieves water, a child clears silt with spade in front of machine. | |
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