DRAMA. A "faked" newsfilm representing an incident in the Boer War.
A party of riflemen are attacked by the Boers and left for dead; one of the enemy removes a dispatch from one of the fallen men; another of the fallen British struggles to his ...
ACTUALITY. Boer war. Single shot of the Bloemfontein annexation ceremony on May 28th 1900.
Military parade in the market square at Bloemfontein at which General Pretyman named the Orange River Colony (formerly the Orange Free State) on behalf of ...
The ceremonial parade through the streets of London of Sir George White and his staff, returned home after the relief of Ladysmith, April 1900.
Crowds line the streets, held back by soldiers, as the military parade ( ...
Very brief scene of Lord Roberts and his staff boarding SS Dunnottar Castle at Southampton docks for the trip to South Africa, 23rd December 1899.
Notes
Title: this has been taken from the Warwick catalogue for 1900
Production: this ...
Men of the City Imperial Volunteers (CIV) being inspected at the Albany Barracks, Regents Park, London, by Edward, Prince of Wales, prior to their departure for South Africa, 26th January 1900.
The men are drawn up ...
Troops of the Cavalry Division crossing a drift near Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa, 12th May 1900.
The column of horsemen crosses the drift towards the camera. One officer has his Indian servant riding ...
Cavalry and Infantry marching past on a grassy parade ground, South Africa, 1900
The parade starts and ends with contingents of light horse. In between them are foot soldiers, two companies each with a Maxim gun on a ...
A company of Infantry crosses the river, the boundary between the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, South Africa, May 1900.
A punt is crammed full with the men, who have no room to move. It is pulled ...
Light ammunition carts crossing a drift near Paardeberg, South Africa, February 1900.
The light carts cross the drift one after the other in a long continuous line.
Notes
Title: this has been taken from ...
British mounted troops staging a combat manoeuvre, not far from Kimberley, South Africa, May-July 1900.
The troopers gallop towards the camera, regular cavalry first, followed by yeomanry. There is a kopje behind ...
Lord Roberts, the new Commander-in-Chief, arrives at Cape Town harbour, South Africa, 10th January 1900.
An honour guard of Infantry marches into position beside the dock, past Roberts' ship, the SS Dunnottar Castle. ...
British fictional propaganda film on a Boer defeat in the Second Boer War, 27th February 1900.
The film depends for its effect on stop-action camera tricks. It opens with 'President Kruger' of the Transvaal Republic ...
