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South Africa Tourism Travelogue Johannesburg Durban Muizenberg Kruger Park Xd45654 (1954)

1954 · Short film · 35 min

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This 1954 color tourism film directed by Harold C. Weaver and narrated by E.V.H. Emmett for the South African Tourist Corporation provides a travelogue view of the region’s natural beauty and popular attractions from a distinctly British colonialist perspective that exoticises and otherizes native peoples, and does not mention the policy of apartheid (TRT 35:07). Opening titles: “Satour presents'' and credits (0:06). An illustrated map shows the Cape of Good Hope, South West Africa, Transvaal,…

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35 minutes

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