James Fitzpatrick sends the Technicolor cameras to South Africa, with Hone Glendinning to run them. That done, and the editing too, he starts out by praising the Boers and their valiant struggle against "the stubborn natives" which led to huge and expensive statuary in Pretoria.
Huzzah and all that. Soon enough, we get to see the descendants of those natives, leading their oxen-drawn wains and their women stringing beads. Then it's back to the shore, where we get to see the Indian Ocean, the pleasure resorts, and the well-maintained downtown.
Certainly there is much to admire in the forward-looking attitude, looking at a cosmopolitan city with a good standard of living and luxury. For the White people, of course. For the Black people, there's always the hope of making enough money to retreat to their villages, where their wives can make enough strings of beads to keep them.
The copy of this travelogue that plays on Turner Classic Movies is in moderately good condition.
Huzzah and all that. Soon enough, we get to see the descendants of those natives, leading their oxen-drawn wains and their women stringing beads. Then it's back to the shore, where we get to see the Indian Ocean, the pleasure resorts, and the well-maintained downtown.
Certainly there is much to admire in the forward-looking attitude, looking at a cosmopolitan city with a good standard of living and luxury. For the White people, of course. For the Black people, there's always the hope of making enough money to retreat to their villages, where their wives can make enough strings of beads to keep them.
The copy of this travelogue that plays on Turner Classic Movies is in moderately good condition.