- Title: Tercentennial exhibition in South Africa
- Date: 24th March 1952
- Summary: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Anniversary Exhibition in South Africa SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town: EXT CAPETOWN Tercentary Fair in Van Riebeeck Stadium in Capetown..Models of industry etc wealth..historical pageant etc old town rebuilt etc COSTUMES. People in native Dutch costume of the time of the Dutch settlers..at model of village at South African Tercentenary Fair at Cape Town 1952 CROWN JEWELS Model of the Imperial Crown Jewels at the Cape Town South African Tercentenary Fair 1952. SOUTH AFRICA. Tercentenary Fair at Cape Town. with life-size model of market of Culemborg, birth-place of Jacon van Riebeeck the first European settler in Africa. people dressed in the Dutch national costume etc..of that period.. Model of ship "Dromedaries" which brought settlers there..Governor-Gen. opens the fair, Dr E.J.Jansen .....Models shows the working of the old and new types of gold and diamond mines... Model Crown Jewels and village diamonds, gold mine, Dutch, tercentenary, tercentennial, tricentennial
- Embargoed: 8th April 1952 12:00
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- Location: Africa
- Country: South Africa
- Topics: History,Industry
- Reuters ID: LVA60V1M98VETH7AVWNHO3YF6L0M
- Story Text: Tercentennial exhibition in South Africa, demonstrations of gold and diamond mining techniques
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