1945 THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCENE NO. 4 JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTS CECIL RHODES TABLE MOUNTAIN XD13334

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This film, one of the series “The South African Scene“ focuses on Field Marshall Jan Christian Smuts. Smuts had been a South African statesmen, military leader and philosopher. He served as the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1919 to 1924 and from 1939 to 1948. The film particularly shows him as Prime Minister attending the Table Mountain Annual Memorial Service (:18). The film was produced by the Union Defense Force Film Unit (:32). Table Mountain is viewed (:54) as one of the most well-known landmarks of Cape Town. Cecil Rhodes’ residence sits on the lower slopes of Devil’s Peak (1:06). Field Marshal Smuts and his party are seen as they made their way to climb to Table Mountain (1:22). The memorial service is held annually at the summit of the mountain in order to commemorate the mountaineers who had perished in the war of 1914 to 1918 (1:49). Smuts is seen at