Rhodesia’s Royal Days (1960)

Item title reads - Rhodesia’s royal days. Queen Mother opens Central African Trade Fair at Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). M/S of Miss Sly presenting bouquet of flowers to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother on opening day of the Trade Fair. M/S Queen Mother smiling on dais with officials. Various shots of the exhibition grounds and pavilions. Camera pans down fair spire dominating the grounds. L/S Southern Rhodesia pavilion, pan down to Queen Mother walking through grounds amidst crowds. Various shots of grounds and pavilions. M/S Queen Mother. M/S Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland pavilion. Interior shot of Queen Mother looking around. Various shots of tribesmen and locals doing traditional dance. M/S massed crowds in grounds. L/S Queen Mother walking up steps in pavilion. M/S of the crowd. L/S of the Pneuways Railway running on tracks overhead. M/S group of black people. Various shots as the Queen Mother inspects cattle in the livestock section. M/S large type of African bull, pan to the Que
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