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1949 South African memorial to the Great Trek
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1:44Now PlayingDate: 22nd December 1949
Location: South Africa
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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SLATE INFORMATION: South African Memorial to the Great Trek
SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria:
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DR MALAN - South African Premier Seen with thousands of trekers at the Voortreker's Memorial speaks....Gen Smuts also present.
GENERAL SMUTS Seen with trekers walking to the Voortrekker's Memorial shots of Mr Malan speaking & then Gen Smuts
SOUTH AFRICA. Shots of thousands of Afrikaners treking of the Voortrekker memorial. good interior & exterior shots of the memorial..Mr Malan speaks..followed by Gen Smuts.
VOOTRECKER'S MONUMENT. G/shots of thousands of trekers at the monument, and journing there, also good interior shots, and of the doors opening.
trekkers, mounted, dispatch riders, messengers, memorial, crowds, shrine, Boers, Trekboers
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