Title:SOLDIER, STATESMAN AND MOUNTAINEER [Main Title]
Film Number:CSA 203
Other titles:
Summary: Opening titles "A tribute to Field-Marshal Right Honourable J C Smuts, who, in his 75th year, attends the Table Mountain Annual Memorial Service to the fallen".
Description: Film shows Smuts setting off from the Prime Minister's residence and climbing on foot to the summit of Table Mountain, the service itself and Smuts making an inspirational address. Film includes general shots of the mountain (including the cable car), views of Cape Town, and some shots of rare flowers on the mountain side.
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:CSA 203
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1946
Production Country: South Africa
Production Details: Government of South Africa (Production sponsor)
Union Defence Force Film Unit (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Smuts, Jan Christiaan (person)
Keywords: ceremonies, South African - event-related: memorial service (object name)
South Africa & Cape Town <Table Mountain> (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 370 ft; Running time: 10 mins
