Royal Tour 1947 (1947)

Unused / unissued footage - locations and dates unknown / unclear. Cuts from newsreel story 47/35 - Royal Tour of South Africa. Northern Rhodesia. Shots of King Imwiko of the Barotse Tribe of Northern Rhodesia arriving by canoe to meet the British royal family - intermittent natural sound of the drums of his tribesmen. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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