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Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks.
The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal ...
ACTUALITY. Single shot. British naval ratings firing a 4.7" naval gun, during the Boer War, probably 14 December 1899.
Close shot ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War. 'Phantom ride' taken from a moving train (moving right to left) showing the British encampment at Frere, ...
ACTUALITY. Single shot. British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, ...
ACTUALITY. Single shot. Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.
MCU British soldiers lined up along trenches aiming their ...
ACTUALITY. A reconstruction "as performed in the Empress Theatre, 'Greater Britain Exhibition', Earls Court" by Mr Frank E. Fillis's troupe ...
ACTUALITY. Troop train passing over the Modder River during the Boer War.
A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each ...
ACTUALITY. Single shot. Spectators on the quayside wave as the crowded ship moves away.
Note: The Roslin Castle left Southampton on ...
No titles. Shots from the same camera viewpoint showing horse-drawn traffic and pedestrians and an electric tram arriving at an ...
ACTUALITY. Military exercise in Durban, South Africa.
Small groups of naval ratings bring their guns into position, fire, unlimber them and ...
African labourers excavating a clearing, with railway tracks in the background. The Africans may be Zulus (94ft).
An ox wagon passes before the camera at some distance; another passes at closer range; a caravan of ox wagons, ...