1941 SOUTH AFRICA: Exclusive photo report by Maurice Ford of South Africa's war effort reviewed from

Date: 9th October 1941

Location: KIMBERLEY, DURBAN, S. AFRICA S.AFRICA S. AFRICA DURBAN, PRETORIA NATAL, KIMBERLEY, S. AFRICA S. AFRICA S. AFRICA

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: Union in Arms / South Afriuca's Total Effort / Exclusive Photo Report by Maurice Ford

SOUTH AFRICA: Durban:

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AIR VIEWS / AERIALS over coastline of Durban and town of Durna

AIR VIEWS / AERIALS of Avro Anson plane flying over ships in harbour

Pretoria:

GV Skyline of Pretoria

GV Government House

South African flag flying on flagpole

Close Shot General Smuts (South African PM)

Natal:

LV Youths (recruits) arriving at camp gate.

Angle shot youths being directed by sentry.

Youths walking along "Smuts Road" with their luggage

CU sign "Smuts Road."

New arrivals (in uniform) being drilled in marching

Recruits with Lewis gun.

Recruits fixing machine gun on tripod.

Sign 'SAEC Concealment Camouflage Section'

Track shot away from gun and instructor explaining.

SV Instructor at blackboard.

Various shots of men seated listening to instructor

Men walking to camouflaged soldier behind bush.

CU camouflaged soldier in tall grass raises his straw camouflaged head.

Camouflaged rifle fires in grass

Soldier gets up from camouflaged position and walks towards men and instructor and soldier inspects his camouflage

PAN men making notes.

Desert type of camouflage showing men opening concealed Bren gun post in sand.

Men in pit with Bren gun.

Two men remove camouflage to reveal soldier in look-out in a small pit.

Camouflaged man and ordinary S. African soldier.

CU camouflaged soldier track towards camera

Kimbrley:

Air Cadets marching past headed by "Piper" band.

CU Air Commodore Frew taking salute

Air force girls marching past.

Parents sitting watching.

Frew shakes hands and presents Wings to Cadet.

CUs Frew pins Wings on to tunics and talking to cadets

Planes flying over assembly in fly past to salute new Cadets.

RAF flag flying beside SAAF flag

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GVs machine shop in factory and women working at machines

CU woman at machine pan down to machine working.

Another woman, wearing goggles, working at machine.

CU side view same woman.

Various shots of grinding machines at work.

CU sign "Cincinatti" on American machine.

CU showing American machine working.

Angle shot of lathe turning with gun barrel

Close Shot gun barrels lined up PULL OUT

GV fitting shop floor

Two men sliding barrel into position on cradle of gun.

Armour plate covering being put on to gun.

CU man fixing gun-sight.

Testing breach of gun.

GV Workers checking finished gun.

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Howitzer guns being towed by lorries.

Gunners erecting gun into position.

CU soldier looking at gun-sight.

Hand putting shell into breach and closing.

LV gun fires.

Back shot gun fires.

GV explosion.

CU gun fires.

CU explosion.

Convoy of armoured vehicles along road.

Travel shot armoured vehicles along road.

LV vehicles across field, on manoeuvres, in "V" formation.

CU vehicles across field in "V" formation and then stop.

Angle shot signaller on armoured vehicle with flag.

GV vehicles across field.

Vehicle towards and runs over tree.

Close Side Shot machine gun firing.

Bursts in sand.

CV Vehicles lined up and crews waving PAN

CU Morris Ford photographing with cine camera

Military band towards leading troops to station.

GVs troops marching with kit bags.

High Angle shot troops lined up on railway station.

CUs Soldiers smiling

CU War veteran.

Soldier chalking 'V' on front of train

"North and Victory" on side of train and soldiers waving from windows

Train towards and past with cheering troops waving from windows PAN to BV

Angle shot of soldier saluting with South African flag in background

South African flag flying on flagpole

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