1940s SOUTH AFRICA TRAVELOGUE KIMBERLY DIAMOND MINES & GOLD MINES 43254

Disclaimer: This historic film was produced during the apartheid era in South Africa. It contains propaganda elements that explicitly or tacitly endorse racism and racial separation. It is presented solely for historical purposes, to help document in part a period of terrible repression.
Produced in 1948 by Louis De Rochemont Associates, RICHES OF THE VELD is an educational film that gives a rosy portrait of South Africa in the era before apartheid ended. Directed by Bill Colleran, the movie vividly showcases the immense mineral and agricultural wealth of the nation, and includes a visit to the Kimberly Diamond mines. The film features shots of Johannesburg, Kimberly and Cape Town, and also shows a gold refinery and gold mine, vineyards, orange groves, and cattle ranches in the rich Veld.
The Veld, also spelled veldt, is a type of wide open rural landscape in Southern Africa. Particularly, it is a flat area covered in grass or low scrub, especially in the countries of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. A certain sub-tropical woodland ecoregion of Southern Africa has been officially defined as the Bushveld by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Trees are found only in a few places-frost, fire, and grazing animals allow grass to grow but prevent the growth of trees.
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  • @TheRenegade2424
    @TheRenegade24247 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the lesson from Jacksonville Florida ❤

  • @tlamelomathakgane8500
    @tlamelomathakgane85004 жыл бұрын

    This is so fascinating to watch. I am from Kimberley and the Big Hole is a marvel. 🖤

  • @madiba4ever210

    @madiba4ever210

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi, my family originate from Kimberley but i'm a born + raised raised Londoner. I would love to learn more by chatting with Kimberley natives ;-) Please add me on FB family "Aubs Azan". Peace + Love...

  • @azharparuk5983

    @azharparuk5983

    3 жыл бұрын

    Im from Durban. Stayed at Kimberley for a day. The big hole was amazing. Theres also some interesting exhibits at the museum

  • @algalane1183

    @algalane1183

    Жыл бұрын

    the big hole is a big grave waiting to landslide and swallow kimberley.

  • @condor4679123
    @condor4679123 Жыл бұрын

    My great great grandfather at ~13:12 - 13:27 (gentleman with the waistcoat) at the Geduld goldmine

  • @nanarcharmaine9222

    @nanarcharmaine9222

    7 ай бұрын

    How do u know that

  • @condor4679123

    @condor4679123

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@nanarcharmaine9222because I have photos of him and we know he worked there.

  • @wallylangsford3369

    @wallylangsford3369

    2 ай бұрын

    He is (was) my grand father, I remember him well as I would have been about 9 years old when this film was made. His name was Walter Heatley.

  • @lorriemamoet9406
    @lorriemamoet94066 жыл бұрын

    Interesting film thanks for loading it.

  • @janewhite572
    @janewhite572 Жыл бұрын

    Blood, sweat and tears built this gold and diamond industry for the British.

  • @pangajavalinaicker7601
    @pangajavalinaicker76012 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing. Awesome documentary about the history of S.A From Durban

  • @PeriscopeFilm

    @PeriscopeFilm

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @raquelmascara6382
    @raquelmascara63824 жыл бұрын

    Had I known of blood diamonds I would have never purchased in the 80's... All that profited need to pay back the families murdered, raped, hobbled, amputated, & displaced. Such arrogance, 16:56, " the world depends on us for these sparkling gems".

  • @deepbludude4697

    @deepbludude4697

    Жыл бұрын

    I had worked in Africa in the 80s n 90s when I got married my wife wanted a diamond when I shared pictures of what the ultimate human cost was she still wanted one. when i was divorced i took the diamond out of the setting and returned it too Africa that whole deal was bad juju.

  • @mattmarzula

    @mattmarzula

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@deepbludude4697right on.

  • @maxwellhowig510
    @maxwellhowig5105 жыл бұрын

    Wtf? For the first minute I thought this was The Lion King.

  • @thetruthfairy1379
    @thetruthfairy1379 Жыл бұрын

    Diamonds were used to power the ancient power plants built by an advanced civilization we are not told about. The new diamond nuclear batteries last 2800 years, many volcanoes are mislabeled and are instead buried ancient power tech facilities. "Rare" earth elements are always found in near or "erupt" from volcanoes. Oklo...

  • @algalane1183

    @algalane1183

    Жыл бұрын

    interesting!

  • @mattmarzula

    @mattmarzula

    3 ай бұрын

    The Truth Fairy huh? Riiiiight...

  • @James-nv1wf
    @James-nv1wf7 жыл бұрын

    I hope if someone finds gold in my basement I would become as rich as them as it was my home.

  • @penzancegunner857

    @penzancegunner857

    2 жыл бұрын

    Depends if you too dumb to find it or it has no value to you...

  • @johnlamb3101

    @johnlamb3101

    3 ай бұрын

    Blacks never discovered the diamond pipes or the Wit gold reef - it was whites. Why should blacks benefit? If development was left to blacks we would all still be living in 1 level grass houses with spears and assegais strapped to our waists.

  • @componentengineering7483
    @componentengineering74835 жыл бұрын

    The great railway builder, Hendrick van der Bijl, has a lecture hall named after him in the University of Pretoria. Note how "us" excludes the Blacks.

  • @algalane1183

    @algalane1183

    Жыл бұрын

    true

  • @malebitsatimbuktu3352
    @malebitsatimbuktu33527 жыл бұрын

    Lol the white dude speaks a lingua franca called Fanakalo- very interesting.

  • @butterygold
    @butterygold Жыл бұрын

    I'm wondering why the filmmakers left out the French.

  • @adrianwalker2833

    @adrianwalker2833

    14 күн бұрын

    I think it's perhaps because they did not retain their language. And French had not such an impact on Afrikaans, compared to Dutch. And their calvinist work ethic was mirrored by that of the Dutch. So it's only a multitude of French family names (du Toit, Malherbe, de la Rey, Villiers, Joubert etc.) and the wine-making that's left. But given the fact that some 20% of Afrikaner genetics is French it is surprising.

  • @torcagenzo560
    @torcagenzo5603 жыл бұрын

    According to britannica, apartheid started in 1948. In this video it is stated that South Africa is still part of the commonwealth, that changed when the National party (who is responsible for making apartheid law) came into power. It is Cecil John Rhodes who is responsible for the existence of "government reserves for black natives" and is a much hated figure as he laid down the foundations for apartheid and oppressed black South Africans, as well as sought to bring all of South Africa under British rule. (see "Rhodes must fall")

  • @johnlamb3101

    @johnlamb3101

    3 ай бұрын

    The British invented Apartheid - Divide and Rule - the Nationalists just perfected the system with modern day Israelis benefitting from it.

  • @khalidcarl8456
    @khalidcarl84562 ай бұрын

    This video makes me feel negative energy, how indigenous people feel that they are treated as if they are strangers to their country

  • @algalane1183
    @algalane1183 Жыл бұрын

    5:34 They called it "field corn for the animals" but Maize is the staple food for black South Africans.

  • @nostramashego4226

    @nostramashego4226

    Жыл бұрын

    It was before the development of the latest type of white corn, indeed it's a relatively modern development. Ppl used to eat 'mabele' more regularly

  • @algalane1183

    @algalane1183

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nostramashego4226 interesting. thanks for the insight. so are they referring to mabele as "field corn"?

  • @nostramashego4226

    @nostramashego4226

    Жыл бұрын

    @@algalane1183 I think so...

  • @tindo9833
    @tindo983316 күн бұрын

    Thank you ANC This was painful to watch 😩 So what if our forefathers farmed and didn't know there was gold and diamond in the soil? Was actually wrong because for whites to know diamonds exist it was because of a boer given a diamond by a black Nonsense

  • @zunaidkeikabile7383
    @zunaidkeikabile73833 жыл бұрын

    So basically we build the western world

  • @liongod1000

    @liongod1000

    2 жыл бұрын

    *_ Well you didn't want it otherwise you would have made a fortune then but the tribes were too busy killing each other off for a couple of cows and letting Testarone rule their heads!! _*

  • @Acer_Maximinus

    @Acer_Maximinus

    Жыл бұрын

    @@liongod1000 Your statement is stupid AF. Sounds like something the GQP would say.

  • @brucedownunda7054
    @brucedownunda7054 Жыл бұрын

    Africa's NOT poor, just Looted

  • @jordanbenjaminmoyowambuya1123
    @jordanbenjaminmoyowambuya112311 күн бұрын

    The greed and selfishness of the colonialists. This video shows how greed ruined the lives of others while enriching the lives of the few.

  • @tumelosephula2911
    @tumelosephula2911 Жыл бұрын

    Black natives were poor before colonization. "In our cities and our farms....in our mines". Propaganda at its best.

  • @Acer_Maximinus
    @Acer_Maximinus Жыл бұрын

    “The only people who lived here…” As if they didn’t count, “so we enslaved their people and stole their land and resources.”

  • @aais69abc67
    @aais69abc673 жыл бұрын

    So messed up. The guys says our country, our land asif they did not colonise it by force and asif they not racist. Apartheid. Like isreal

  • @lanischannel8322

    @lanischannel8322

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do not generalise. Not all white people are racist

  • @liongod1000

    @liongod1000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lanischannel8322 *_ Agreed, but when Aais69 is insisting on wearing BLINCKERS he/she will only see the Shepard and not all the sheep that have tons of wool! "Cast not your Pearls to Swine" !! _*

  • @stefanroux3664

    @stefanroux3664

    Жыл бұрын

    Could have done something with all that time on their hands. Instead they stayed in the stone age.

  • @Acer_Maximinus

    @Acer_Maximinus

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lanischannel8322 The OP is correct, and they said nothing about all whites being racist.

  • @Acer_Maximinus

    @Acer_Maximinus

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stefanroux3664 “…the Stone Age” That’s a completely ignorant thing to say. Those people were happy and free, hunting and farming, and living as they pleased. Now they work in dark caves deep underground digging rock like slaves.

  • @denisebryant6318
    @denisebryant63184 ай бұрын

    This is a colonialism, racism 😢