A new English film about the South African diamond rush is shot on location (1948)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit For a movie about the South African diamond rush, British film crews record footage of mounted police recruits serving as extras in a cavalcade, the cast and crew lines up for lunch, and actors are fitted with false beards in the style of the 1870s Full Description: SOUTH AFRICA: EXT CAMERAMEN AND CAMERA Outdoor cameramen filming South African Diamond Rush shot Cavalry charge and make-up scenes FILM WORLD IN GENERAL Filming Diamond Rush in South Africa. SOUTH AFRICA New British film of the diamond rush. Mounted Police recruits take part in the rushes and cavalry charge. Media motion picture, dramatization, New Rush, Kimberley, Griqua West, filming, motion picture industry Background: For a movie about the South African diamond rush, British film crews record footage of mounted police recruits serving as extras