| ZAMBESI (aka ZAMBEZI) Travelogue detailing the history and the pleasures of Southern Rhodesia. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6057 |
| Catalog #: | 135 | |
| Clip Number: | 135-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 511 | |
| Timecode: | 01:44:45 - 01:49:32 | |
| Location: | Rhodesia | |
| Year Shot: | 1964 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | AERIALS: Misc CULTURAL GROUPS: African LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) | |
| Description: | MS African Metabaley (Matabele) warrior in full garb with shield at the mouth of a cave. CU Warrior sharpens spear. CU Rock paintings (petroglyph) 4,000 years old of gazelle, and giraffe. Rhinoceros and a monkey are seen in the Matopo National Park. Aerial views of the countryside. Ruins of Zimbabwe. Various shots of the ancient ruins. Narrator recounts the history of the temple and acropolis. More aerial shots of the countryside. LS Flying over Zimbabwe ruins a circular fort. MS Pilot and passenger. LS Flying over ruins at closer range. MS Following a man in jungle hat through bush to open country. MS The ruined walls from outside. Side of Great Zimbabwe wall. Great Zimbabwe structure (The largest ancient stone construction south of the Sahara, Great Zimbabwe was built between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries by the ancestors of the Shona, one of Zimbabwe's many Bantu-speaking groups. The ruins cover nearly, 1,800 acres) MS Inside the ruins a kiln-mound dominating the wooded area. MS Conical granary tower. Man walks into shot. CU Man's face. He walks out of frame. MS Man walks down ruined steps out of frame. Tracking . Narrow passageway separating the Great Enclosure's inner and outer walls. Pan up to overhanging trees. LS From ruins. LS Ruins from another angle. MS ditto. with Zimbabwe bird statue. MS Religious falcon structure still standing upright amidst wide open ruin. CU The bird. Pan across ruins. Delicate masonry on high wall with patterns in stonework. LS Looking out from ruins. Aerial over dead city. Boat cruise on the Zambezi. Tourist on riverboat. Hippos submerged, eyes showing. They blow water in the air. Man gets into small plane. Sign on gangway says "Rhodesia United Air Carriers." CU Rhodesian (guide?) watching passenger take off. LS Plane taking off. We see spray cloud of Victoria falls. CU Pilot and passenger. LS Flying over rapids on river. CU Pilot and passenger. LS Victoria falls from air approaching its spray cloud. LS Looking back on spray cloud. LS The falls from across the gulf only part in view. Bigger area of the falls. LS Across rapids. Camera pans to show water cascading down rainbow visible. MS Visitors on rainside watching falls. MS Two visitors in trees above falls left. They kneel for view. LS Their view through trees. LS Water cascading down from above. LS Falls across gulf tree in fg. LS Water cascading with big rainbow arc. Pan over rainbow. spray-cloud new in b.g. LS Through trees of falls and part of rainbow. LS Across gulf at hurtling water. Pan to rainbow and other section of falls. | |


