Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 2nd, 1937
Original Language:English
Picturesque South Africa (1937)
Audience Score
StarringJames A. FitzPatrick
9 minJan 2nd, 1937
Plot
South Africa has a long history of colonialism by among others the Portuguese French Dutch and British This travelogue begins in Cape Town one of the most important ports in the world It is located at the meeting of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans Table Mountain overlooks the city At the peaks summit one can get a magnificent view of the city and surrounding coastline below Diamond miner and Englishman Cecil John Rhodes known for the scholarship named after him bequeathed a house to the state to be used as the home for the prime minister this house which is the most colorful building in Cape Town There is also a memorial to Rhodes at the side of Table Mountain The next stop on the journey is the city of Durban which has grown from a small native town to one of the largest and most important cities in South Africa
