| WITH PRINCE GEORGE IN SOUTH AFRICA Beware - other items share this title Prince George climbs the Table Mountain and enjoys the view. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5515 |
| Catalog #: | 192150 | |
| Clip Number: | 192150-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 34/18 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:13 - 01:12:36 | |
| Location: | Cape Town, South Africa. | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: State Visits LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa, Cape Town PERSONALITIES: Smuts, Jan RECREATION: Hiking & Walking ROYALTY: British, Prince George, Duke of Kent | |
| Description: | "Capetown - with PRINCE GEORGE IN S. AFRICA - with General Smuts as guide - climbs the famous Table Mountain." Cape Town, South Africa. A nice panning shot of the Table Mountains, South Africa. The summit is shrouded in cloud, which the commentator says is known as the "Table cloth." Several men - an expedition - are seen walking along mountain's rocky terrain. Prince George, Duke of Kent is among them. He wears shorts and a shirt. General Jan Smuts (gray hair and beard) leads the exhibition. Lord Hyde, son of the Governor General of South Africa is also there. They reach the summit, and, according to the commentary, the pace set by the Prince bested the personal record for an ascent made by Smuts. Their view: a great panorama of the Cape Town and it's harbor. Prince George, General Smuts and another man watching the scene. Smuts seems quite affable. The expedition starts climb down. A nice shot of the Duke of Kent looking at the landscape from the window of the cable car from the summit. The commentary says that Smuts would not take the car, preferring to walk down. Several shots of the city and its surroundings from the cable car. [Jan Christian (Christiaan) Smuts, b. 1870, nearly reached Cape Town in 1902 when campaigning against the English in the Boer War. In 1933 Smuts returned to the government with Hertzog. His relationship with England in general, as demonstrated here and his seat in the Lloyd George government, and his personal friendship with Winston Churchill demonstrate the remarkable reconciliation achieved within the generation of the Boer War.] | |
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