Archive for May, 2007
Luanda, Angola, 1955
click image to play in Flash | Quicktime| MPEG-2 [UPDATED 7-19-2007] From contributor Mack Lundy of Virginia, USA: December 1955 Elisabethville, Belgian Congo; Luanda, Angola; Leopoldville, Belgian Congo In December 1955, Edward T. Wailes, the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, traveled to Belgian Congo, Northern Rhodesia, and Angola. The scenes in this movie do not [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2007 under 1950s, Africa, Color, Cultural, Family, Home Movie, Kids, Nature, REMIX ME, Site Related.
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Rhodesian Safari
click image to play in Flash | Quicktime | MPEG-2 (note: film contains some graphic images of a hunt) This week’s film comes from a truly amazing collection of footage, submitted to us by Mack Lundy in Williamsburg, Virginia. This excerpt takes us to Rhodesia, 1952, for a glimpse at a hunt: climbing trees to [...]
Posted: May 4th, 2007 under 1950s, 8mm, Africa, Animals, Color, Cultural, Home Movie, Nature, REMIX ME, Site Related.
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