| WEALTH FOR SOME...PENURY FOR OTHERS Dramatic scenes as young and old race to stake claims. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 56645 | |
| Clip Number: | 56645-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1383 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | South Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Gems, Diamonds INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Imperialism LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa | |
| Description: | MISSING 4/5/2007 Wealth for some...penury for others. Agile youth and stiff jointed old age in dramatic race to peg out their claims in newly discovered diamond 'field.' South Africa M/S of a long line of mounted soldiers wearing pith helmets, riding through a camp with men and a car in the foreground. A queue of men stand in a line, some with hats and short sleeves, all European. There is a wide view of a large crowd with cars and horse drawn vehicles, look like trekkers, with cars, carts, horses, and people moving along a dusty track. The cattle move ahead. M/S of crowd, many in short sleeve shirts. L/S of crowd starting to form a line up, and then running like mad, to stake their claims. Various shots of young and old, a young girl and an old bearded man, with beaming faces as they have reached their goal. People stand or sit with claim markers. M/S of a field with lots of mounds where prospectors have begun to dig for diamonds. | |
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