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Building a nation / [presented by] the Publicity and travel Department of the South African Railway ; produced by African Film Productions Ltd. for the Government of the Union of South Africa ; story and historical research by A.A. Pienaar and Dr. S.P. Engelbrecht.
LIBRA DVD 019 065
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kruger, Paul, 1825-1904.
- Kruger, Paul.
- Retief, Pieter, 1780-1838.
- Retief, Pieter.
- Zulu (African people)--History--19th century.
- Zulu (African people).
- Black people--South Africa--History--19th century.
- Black people.
- Blood River, Battle of, South Africa, 1838.
- South African War, 1899-1902.
- Propaganda, British--South Africa.
- Propaganda, British.
- Propaganda, South African.
- Motion pictures in propaganda--South Africa.
- Motion pictures in propaganda.
- History.
- South Africa--History--Great Trek, 1836-1840.
- South Africa.
- South Africa--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- South Africa--History--1836-1909.
- South Africa--In motion pictures.
- Genre:
- Motion pictures, South African.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodiscs (120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Bou van 'n nasie
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver, B.C. : Villon Films/Villon Media, [between 2000 and 2009?]
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- A presentation of the history of Afrikanerdom according to Afrikaner Nationalists. It traces the arrival of the Dutch in southern Africa, through the Great Trek and the defeat of the Zulu nation at the Battle of Blood River, the founding of the independent republics, the Anglo-Boer War, to the establishment of the Union of South Africa. As an expression of Afrikaner chauvinism, this epic was for several decades used as a propaganda tool by the architects of apartheid to support their racist ideology.
- Participant:
- Cast: Dick Cruikshank (Paul "Ohm" Kruger), Myles Bourke (Piet Retief).
- Credits:
- Directors, screen adaptation and scenario, Joseph Albrecht, A.A. Pienaar ; photography, G.F. Roble, Roy Day ; music, Charles Manning, John Connell.
- Notes:
- Originally produced in 1938.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- OCLC:
- 144681647
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