Durban 1973 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa in 1973. It contains stock footage of the city of Durban: a man cleaning the swimming pool of a resort near the Umhlanga Lighthouse, views of Durban’s cityscape shot from the beach, Native African men driving rickshaws and asking tourists for alms in a […]
Cape Town 1973 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa in 1973. It contains stock footage of Cape Town: panoramic shots of the city, including the port and Groote Schuur Hospital, Lion’s Head mountain, the beach at the Cape of Good Hope, a Cape Coach Tours VW van bringing tourists to visit the city […]
South Africa 1980s: Ostriches archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa, probably in 1981 It contains stock footage of an ostriches farm: ostriches walking in their spaces, man showing ostrich eggs to tourists, visitors riding ostriches, farmers riding ostriches and making a race, visitors feeding ostriches, and more. The price to download the video without […]
South Africa 1980s: Gold mining archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa, probably in 1981 It contains stock footage of gold mining operations shown to tourists at the old Gold Mine Museum, now Gold Reef City in Johannesburg: gold mining plants, workers melting gold, a man showing a gold ingot to visitors, and more. The price […]
South Africa 1980s: Native dancers archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa, probably in 1981 It contains stock footage of people performing traditional South African dances: a show in an arena (at the time of apartheid colored and white people sit in separated tribunes), Zulu warriors playing Kpanlogo dance in the Goldreef City theme park, naked […]
South Africa 1950s: Trains archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while shooting South Africa in 1959 It contains stock footage of 1950s trains: a passenger train approaching the station, freight trains, the railway infrastructure, and more. The price to download the video without the watermark and use it in your production is 597 euro: Please click here to […]
South Africa 1950s: The dances of the natives archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while shooting South Africa in 1959 It contains stock footage of an event where natives perform typical South African dances: Zulu warriors dressed with their typical dress performing a war dance, members of different tribes (including Shangaan tribe) performing fake fights, drum players performing music during the show, […]
South Africa 1950s: The car race archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while shooting South Africa in 1959 It contains stock footage of a micro midgets race held at Rand Airport in Germiston: cars running at high speed, spectators standing in the circuit border to watch the race, and more. The price to download the video without the watermark and […]
Pretoria 1981 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa, probably in 1981 It contains stock footage of Pretoria: Voortrekker Monument, the Statue of Paul Kruger, panoramas of the city, Church Square, Ou Raadsaal (Old Council Chamber), Strijdom Square with the equine statue (today the square is named Lilian Ngoyi Square and the statue […]
Port Elizabeth 1981 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa, probably in 1981 It contains stock footage of Port Elizabeth, Algoa Bay: the Hill Church Central, the Donkin Memorial, cars parked in front of King Edward Hotel, a dolphin show at Bayworld theme park, and more. The price to download the video without the […]
Pietermaritzburg 1981 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa, probably in 1981 It contains stock footage of Pietermaritzburg, province of KwaZulu-Natal: 1980s traffic on Church Street, the City Hall, and more. The price to download the video without the watermark and use it in your production is 597 euro: Please click here to […]
Johannesburg 1959 archive footage
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 […]
Durban 1981 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa, probably in 1981 It contains stock footage of Durban: views from the coach window while arriving to the city, including St Anthony’s Catholic Parish in Greyville district, downtown traffic and shops, Queen Victoria statue (today removed) in Farewell Square, the clocktower on the Durban […]
Cape Town 1981 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa, probably in 1981 It contains stock footage of Cape Town, mostly views from the window of a coach: views of the cityscape from the highway while arriving to the city, soft traffic downtown, Cape Town Civic Centre, people visiting Groot Constantia-Trust winery in Constantia […]
Cape Town 1959 archive footage
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
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 […]
Pretoria 1973 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa in 1973. It contains stock footage of the city of Pretoria: panoramas of the city and Louis Botha’s equestrian statue from Union Buildings statue, Voortrekker Monument, and more. The price to download the video without the watermark and use it in your production is […]
South Africa 1970s: the dances of the natives archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa in 1973. It contains stock footage of a show held in a small arena where native South African people portrayed their dances: spectators arriving to the tribunes divided according to people’s skin color, native people portraying war tribal dances and fights, and more. The […]
Johannesburg 1973 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa in 1973 It contains stock footage of Johannesburg: people walking in Fox Street, panoramas of the Carlton Centre skyscraper, cars arriving at the airport, Boeing 747 parked in the strip of Jan Smuts Airport (today’s O. R. Tambo International Airport), and more. The price […]
South Africa 1973 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa in 1973. It contains stock footage of various places of the country: women dancing outside traditional houses in a village, panoramas of the ocean, Beacon Island Hotel in Plettenberg Bay, an ostrich farm, Cape Town panoramas, Timbavati Rusplek resting spot, and more. The price […]
Durban 1973 archive footage
Archival footage shot by an amateur filmmaker while visiting South Africa, probably in 1973. It contains stock footage of Durban: the beach, streets, traffic, the port, the cityscape (filmed from Coastlands), the lighthouse, Maharani hotel, John Ross House, Victoria Embankment, peasant women on the road carrying the harvest, Shakaland area (160km north of the city […]
Cape Town 1980 archive footage
Archival footage shot by a filmmaker while visiting South Africa in 1980. It contains stock footage of Cape Town: gardens and streets in the Table Mountain national park, the Cableway, cityscapes, the harbor, Noordhoek Beach, surfers, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Point, Dias beach, Cape Peninsula, Bo-kaap district, Green Mosque, Groot Constantia (historical winery, a […]