1940s SOUTH AFRICA TRAVELOGUE KIMBERLY DIAMOND MINES & GOLD MINES 43254
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- Disclaimer: This historic film was produced during the apartheid era in South Africa. It contains propaganda elements that explicitly or tacitly endorse racism and racial separation. It is presented solely for historical purposes, to help document in part a period of terrible repression.
Produced in 1948 by Louis De Rochemont Associates, RICHES OF THE VELD is an educational film that gives a rosy portrait of South Africa in the era before apartheid ended. Directed by Bill Colleran, the movie vividly showcases the immense mineral and agricultural wealth of the nation, and includes a visit to the Kimberly Diamond mines. The film features shots of Johannesburg, Kimberly and Cape Town, and also shows a gold refinery and gold mine, vineyards, orange groves, and cattle ranches in the rich Veld.
The Veld, also spelled veldt, is a type of wide open rural landscape in Southern Africa. Particularly, it is a flat area covered in grass or low scrub, especially in the countries of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. A certain sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa has been officially defined as the Bushveld by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Trees are found only in a few places-frost, fire, and grazing animals allow grass to grow but prevent the growth of trees.
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Thanks for the lesson from Jacksonville Florida ❤
This is so fascinating to watch. I am from Kimberley and the Big Hole is a marvel. 🖤
Hi, my family originate from Kimberley but i'm a born + raised raised Londoner. I would love to learn more by chatting with Kimberley natives ;-) Please add me on FB family "Aubs Azan". Peace + Love...
Im from Durban. Stayed at Kimberley for a day. The big hole was amazing. Theres also some interesting exhibits at the museum
the big hole is a big grave waiting to landslide and swallow kimberley.
My great great grandfather at ~13:12 - 13:27 (gentleman with the waistcoat) at the Geduld goldmine
How do u know that
@@nanarcharmaine9222because I have photos of him and we know he worked there.
He is (was) my grand father, I remember him well as I would have been about 9 years old when this film was made. His name was Walter Heatley.
Interesting film thanks for loading it.
Blood, sweat and tears built this gold and diamond industry for the British.
Thanks for sharing.
Awesome documentary about the history of S.A
From Durban
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Had I known of blood diamonds I would have never purchased in the 80's... All that profited need to pay back the families murdered, raped, hobbled, amputated, & displaced. Such arrogance, 16:56, " the world depends on us for these sparkling gems".
I had worked in Africa in the 80s n 90s when I got married my wife wanted a diamond when I shared pictures of what the ultimate human cost was she still wanted one. when i was divorced i took the diamond out of the setting and returned it too Africa that whole deal was bad juju.
@@deepbludude4697right on.
Wtf? For the first minute I thought this was The Lion King.
Diamonds were used to power the ancient power plants built by an advanced civilization we are not told about. The new diamond nuclear batteries last 2800 years, many volcanoes are mislabeled and are instead buried ancient power tech facilities. "Rare" earth elements are always found in near or "erupt" from volcanoes. Oklo...
interesting!
The Truth Fairy huh? Riiiiight...
I hope if someone finds gold in my basement I would become as rich as them as it was my home.
Depends if you too dumb to find it or it has no value to you...
Blacks never discovered the diamond pipes or the Wit gold reef - it was whites. Why should blacks benefit? If development was left to blacks we would all still be living in 1 level grass houses with spears and assegais strapped to our waists.
The great railway builder, Hendrick van der Bijl, has a lecture hall named after him in the University of Pretoria. Note how "us" excludes the Blacks.
true
Lol the white dude speaks a lingua franca called Fanakalo- very interesting.
I'm wondering why the filmmakers left out the French.
I think it's perhaps because they did not retain their language. And French had not such an impact on Afrikaans, compared to Dutch. And their calvinist work ethic was mirrored by that of the Dutch. So it's only a multitude of French family names (du Toit, Malherbe, de la Rey, Villiers, Joubert etc.) and the wine-making that's left. But given the fact that some 20% of Afrikaner genetics is French it is surprising.
According to britannica, apartheid started in 1948. In this video it is stated that South Africa is still part of the commonwealth, that changed when the National party (who is responsible for making apartheid law) came into power. It is Cecil John Rhodes who is responsible for the existence of "government reserves for black natives" and is a much hated figure as he laid down the foundations for apartheid and oppressed black South Africans, as well as sought to bring all of South Africa under British rule. (see "Rhodes must fall")
The British invented Apartheid - Divide and Rule - the Nationalists just perfected the system with modern day Israelis benefitting from it.
This video makes me feel negative energy, how indigenous people feel that they are treated as if they are strangers to their country
5:34 They called it "field corn for the animals" but Maize is the staple food for black South Africans.
It was before the development of the latest type of white corn, indeed it's a relatively modern development. Ppl used to eat 'mabele' more regularly
@@nostramashego4226 interesting. thanks for the insight. so are they referring to mabele as "field corn"?
@@algalane1183 I think so...
Thank you ANC
This was painful to watch 😩
So what if our forefathers farmed and didn't know there was gold and diamond in the soil?
Was actually wrong because for whites to know diamonds exist it was because of a boer given a diamond by a black
Nonsense
So basically we build the western world
*_ Well you didn't want it otherwise you would have made a fortune then but the tribes were too busy killing each other off for a couple of cows and letting Testarone rule their heads!! _*
@@liongod1000
Your statement is stupid AF.
Sounds like something the GQP would say.
Africa's NOT poor, just Looted
The greed and selfishness of the colonialists. This video shows how greed ruined the lives of others while enriching the lives of the few.
Black natives were poor before colonization.
"In our cities and our farms....in our mines".
Propaganda at its best.
“The only people who lived here…”
As if they didn’t count, “so we enslaved their people and stole their land and resources.”
So messed up. The guys says our country, our land asif they did not colonise it by force and asif they not racist. Apartheid. Like isreal
Do not generalise. Not all white people are racist
@@lanischannel8322 *_ Agreed, but when Aais69 is insisting on wearing BLINCKERS he/she will only see the Shepard and not all the sheep that have tons of wool! "Cast not your Pearls to Swine" !! _*
Could have done something with all that time on their hands. Instead they stayed in the stone age.
@@lanischannel8322
The OP is correct, and they said nothing about all whites being racist.
@@stefanroux3664
“…the Stone Age”
That’s a completely ignorant thing to say.
Those people were happy and free, hunting and farming, and living as they pleased.
Now they work in dark caves deep underground digging rock like slaves.
This is a colonialism, racism 😢