National Film Archive catalogue, part II : silent non-fiction films 1895-1934 (1960)

The OSTRICH AND FEATHER INDUSTRY. [935] The Oudtshoorn district, the centre of the industry; a general view of an ostrich farm; a male bird being teased by a man to demonstrate its viciousness during the breeding season; a bird preparing to attack a man; a female on the nest, a saucerlike hollow in the ground which she leaves as men approach; young birds hatching from the eggs; the parents drive off men from their young; growing chicks; at six months old they are blindfolded, placed in a box and their feathers clipped; after clipping the birds are dipped; pulling the quills after a few months; dosing a sick ostrich; a field of lucerne, ostriches' favourite food; driving a flock of ostriches; typical ostrich grazing ground; three ornamental feathers. (654ft.) [936] The SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS. p.c.\ [South African Railways and Harbours.] A map showing the South African railway network; the arrival of a mail boat at Capetown; the disembarkation of passengers and their entrainment at the railway station. Shots of the railway tracks, views of the countryside and the train passing through tunnels; the motor route to Knysna from George (Cape Province); the wild game reserve and the coastline and beaches at Hermanus. The activities of South African Railways; various bridges erected by the Company; the railway stations at Capetown, Durban, Johannesburg, Ladysmith and Potchefstroom. The railway workshops and construction yards ; a railway terminus, subsidiary services of the Company; the administrative offices. (923ft.) VITICULTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA. [937] Views of vineyards at the Paarl and Stellenbosch; a man inspecting and picking table grapes for export; packing the grapes; the boxes being taken into cold storage; close shots of prize-winning grapes ; two children eating a bunch. The Constania vineyards and wine farm ; picking the grapes ; the grapes in various types of presses; testing the juice; the fermenting vats; pumping from the vats to storage casks; small-scale farmers bringing their wine to a large depot; sterilizing casks by steam; an old time still; interior and exterior of a modern distillery; filling and packing bottles of wine. (585ft.) [938] WHALING (South African industries series), sp. : Government of Union of South Africa, p.c. : African Film Productions. A whale swimming in the sea; the mouth of a dead Baleen whale and the lower and upper jaws of a toothed whale. The whaling fleet of the Premier Whaling Company in Durban Harbour and the company's premises at Saldana Bay. A ship en route to the whaling grounds ; the harpoon is prepared, the look-out sights a whale which is harpooned and drawn alongside ; the ship returns with the carcase of the whale attached to its bows; the carcase is landed, the blubber removed and conveyed to the boiling pots; cutting the remainder of the carcase for the digestor; the digestors, or meat pots, where the remaining oil is extracted by steam; the residue, which is used for fertilizing ; candles made from spermacettii ; oil refining plants; bottles of hydrogenated whale oil; barrels of whale oil being transported to a ship for export. (565ft.) [939] WITH HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES IN SOUTH AFRICA, p.c. : African Film Productions, ph. : Joseph Albrecht. dist. : [JuryMetro-Goldwyn]. A record of the tour of the Prince of Wales in South Africa from May to July 1 925. He visits Capetown ; Simonstown ; Somerset ; Stellenbosch ; Paarl ; Worcester ; Robertson; Mossel Bay; Knysna; Oudtshoorn; Cango caves; Colesberg; Port Elizabeth; King William's Town; East London; Umtata; Bloemfontein ; Maseru; Durban; Eshowe; Pietermaritzburg; Serowe and Johannesburg. (6,452ft.) Refs.: Bioscope, 63 (973), June 4, 1925, p. 38 ZULU NATIVE LIFE. [940] Chief Kula, of the Majozi Tribe, at his kraal on the Msinga Mountain in the province of Natal, glances round at tribal activities, the camera showing in succession adult Zulus mat-making, women hairdressing, children, youths, a man, a woman, warriors with shields and headmen conferring. Following a summons, 129