South Africa

Description	A British production reporting on the contribution of South Africa, a sovereign Dominion of the Commonwealth, to the Allied war effort. Declares that the former antagonism between races - Dutch, English and Bantu - has been overcome. "This film opens with a brief outline of the country, showing how it is a land of contrasts in farming, living, worshipping, trading and in transport, and tells how South Africa made her own decision to enter the war and how she backed that decision. With the help of the British Admiralty, a navy was built up to defend the coastline , and RAF experts aided in South Africa's Air Training Scheme" (The Educational Screen, February 1944, 92).
Creator	British Information Service South African Bureau of Information Great Britain. Crown Film Unit
Contributor	Terry Trench : cutter Ken Cameron : recordist Victor Hely-Hutchinson : musical score by
Date Issued	1944
Spatial Coverage	South Africa
Series Title	Know Your Commonwealth
Duration	00:13:38
Color/Black & White	B&W
Sound/Silent	Sound
Nation of Origin	U.K.