Johannesburg 1959 archive footage

Johannesburg 1959

Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa in 1959 It contains stock footage of Johannesburg: people visiting Rand Easter Show in Milner Park, the cityscape, Witwatersrand University, the Escom House, traffic and pedestrians on Commissioner Street, the Wilds Municipal Nature Reserve, and more. The price to download the video without the […]

Cape Town 1959 archive footage

Cape Town 1959

Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker from a ship leaving South Africa in May 1959 It contains stock footage of Cape Town: a tug boat pulling the ship offshore, ships and cranes at the port, people greeting passengers from a pier, the coastline of Cape Town, and more. The price to download the video […]

Line-Crossing ceremony 1959 archive footage

Line-crossing ceremony 1959

Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker on a South African ship off the coast of Africa in May 1959 It contains stock footage of the Line-Crossing ceremony (Equatorial baptism for passengers who have never crossed the Equator before): people dressed with masks parading on the deck of the ships, sailormen putting soap on children’s […]