JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA 1946 TRAVELOGUE MOVIE "AFTER SIXTY YEARS" 50184

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • Disclaimer: This historic film was produced during the apartheid era in South Africa. It contains propaganda elements that explicitly or tacitly endorse racism and racial separation. It is presented solely for historical purposes, to help document in part a period of terrible repression.
    The Johannesburg City Council presents “After Sixty Years,” a circa 1946 black-and-white film narrated by Frank Secker that tells the history of the South African city. Johannesburg was named and established in 1886 two years after the discovery of gold on what had been a farm in an area considered a bleak and barren wilderness (mark 01:14). The film re-enacts that historic discovery starting at mark 01:41, and we learn how the news spread quickly, leading to gold hunters flooding the area aided in its development. Mark 05:55 shows the viewer images of Johannesburg’s new town tall, constructed around the turn of the 20th century, as well as scenes from the city’s 40th anniversary (mark 07:00). There are scenes of the ongoing underground drilling for gold coupled with how, after many intricate processes, it is refined and turned into gold bars (mark 10:20). The film continues with scenes of the bustling city and an explanation by Secker how it continues to grow, with scenes from city hall and city parks, sporting facilities, zoos, and other sites. A look at the city’s transportation system follows at mark 15:20, as are looks at such civic enterprises as markets and nursery schools (mark 18:39) and a hostel for girls (mark 19:03). The film also visits places such as self-contained Orlando Township (mark 20:50) and shows life among native non-European residents. As the film nears its end the viewer is treated to a glimpse of nightlife in Johannesburg, starting at mark 27:18.
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Комментарии • 133

  • @newtonbrook
    @newtonbrook Год назад +20

    It is easy to judge South Africa in this time period. The reality is that the original English/Dutch settlers provided the expertise and work to build prosperity for everyone.The highest standard of living in Africa for all races. .

    • @mareksicinski3726
      @mareksicinski3726 3 месяца назад +1

      They provided enslavement and exploration of locals

  • @RenataReck
    @RenataReck 6 лет назад +28

    This is stunning to watch. Learning the background to this magic city that popped up overnight is certainly a miracle . These are original photos and people . wow. Feels so alien to what's beneath my feet everyday...

    • @warriors4god587
      @warriors4god587 2 года назад +1

      I love Johannesburg.

    • @jimmymshali6661
      @jimmymshali6661 2 года назад

      if Johannesburg is not like before then leave it and. go. back to Europe we didn't order you to. come here in south Africa

    • @jjohnson2247
      @jjohnson2247 Год назад +1

      Johannesburg had a fantastic electric trolleybus system for decades, then they went and scrapped it in the 1960's. Complete idiots!

  • @JohnJones-ve7lq
    @JohnJones-ve7lq 7 лет назад +30

    You may not believe it, but once whites outnumbered blacks in JHB.

    • @BucyKalman
      @BucyKalman 6 лет назад +9

      Just because non-whites could not live in JHB or other major "white" cities.

    • @kmuniqco
      @kmuniqco 5 лет назад

      Yes John. The race would never mix even till this day. Like Joburg, Sandton will soon have the Madiba effect & non racists will remain.

    • @erikgroothuijzen9928
      @erikgroothuijzen9928 2 года назад +4

      @@BucyKalman Not only in Johannesburg but also in Cape Town. They only came very much later. Now it is open for all and you must come and have a look what it looks like.........

    • @mendyterrencemlimi5532
      @mendyterrencemlimi5532 2 года назад

      @@erikgroothuijzen9928 what do you mean "now open for all?"

    • @velaphitshabalala2912
      @velaphitshabalala2912 Месяц назад +2

      Yea man because there was legislation that said NO BLACKS ALLOWED. Today there is legislation that says ALL HUMANS ARE EQUAL AND CAN LIVE ANYWHERE THEY WANT.

  • @lukasvanderwesthuizen7893
    @lukasvanderwesthuizen7893 Год назад +18

    Funny how Johannesburg had power in 1946 and yet today have have constant blackouts

    • @davidgross316
      @davidgross316 8 месяцев назад +4

      Don't be silly, white Johannesburg had power, the rest did not

    • @RastaAfricanGentleman
      @RastaAfricanGentleman 7 месяцев назад +2

      @@davidgross316 Sad realities of those times

    • @WHKCCP
      @WHKCCP 2 месяца назад +1

      @@davidgross316 Get real!!Now the rest have no power either because of Bantu rule

    • @WHKCCP
      @WHKCCP 2 месяца назад +1

      @@RastaAfricanGentleman Sad realities of the current black racist regime too.

    • @RastaAfricanGentleman
      @RastaAfricanGentleman 2 месяца назад

      @@WHKCCP Yes Master

  • @aviccimmxx5887
    @aviccimmxx5887 2 года назад +18

    Sad,sad. Now a filth heap.

    • @philipinchina
      @philipinchina 2 года назад

      Murder capital of the world. Times were better then for most people.

    • @nonhlanhlapearl4700
      @nonhlanhlapearl4700 8 месяцев назад

      I think it was cursed.

    • @maxwellndlovu4461
      @maxwellndlovu4461 4 месяца назад +1

      @@nonhlanhlapearl4700 So now we should attribute our failure to some invisible and nefarious force called Curse. That is utter nonsense, people need to take responsibility of their wrongs in order to be able to fix them in the first place.

  • @tieniecloete9573
    @tieniecloete9573 2 года назад +27

    Nou is alles moertoe......

  • @metalcomposition
    @metalcomposition 3 года назад +20

    Alot of good was done and yet there was corruption and discrimination lurking in the background. Let's not confound the two but applaud the good and refute the bad.

  • @jameswebster5672
    @jameswebster5672 2 года назад +11

    Progress is not possible without capital, skill and experience

  • @darkgalaxy5548
    @darkgalaxy5548 6 дней назад

    The old Post Office is a burned out derelict, the public library is closed down, the Fire Brigade has no functioning fire engines. Thank you ANC.

  • @rowanwatkins1580
    @rowanwatkins1580 6 лет назад +56

    We built Europe in Africa, but all that is gone now, it is just Africa in Africa

    • @sfisoshezi9204
      @sfisoshezi9204 5 лет назад +4

      Who and with which hands?

    • @rysybysy
      @rysybysy 5 лет назад +24

      now we are building Africa in Europe.

    • @malebitsatimbuktu3352
      @malebitsatimbuktu3352 5 лет назад

      Lol From Colony to Nation - Afrika for Afrikans remains!

    • @malebitsatimbuktu3352
      @malebitsatimbuktu3352 5 лет назад

      @@rysybysy Amen!

    • @malebitsatimbuktu3352
      @malebitsatimbuktu3352 5 лет назад +4

      @Jormangandur83 Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will glorify the hunter”. Chinua Achebe,

  • @anelengwenya
    @anelengwenya 2 года назад +32

    It’s funny how the narrator says that public zoos and parks were “open for all” when infact, they were very much not 😭😂

    • @barrywalsh7926
      @barrywalsh7926 2 года назад +26

      They were, apartheid was not introduced until after the 1948 election.

    • @bryanhurd9955
      @bryanhurd9955 2 года назад +2

      Now they are, 🤣

    • @erikgroothuijzen9928
      @erikgroothuijzen9928 2 года назад +10

      @@bryanhurd9955 You want to come and have a look at what condition the Zoos are now?

    • @bryanhurd9955
      @bryanhurd9955 2 года назад +1

      @@erikgroothuijzen9928 Eric, ek weet

    • @AfroForum
      @AfroForum 2 года назад

      You aren’t the target market…you are the market

  • @LiebDeBoerSAWB777
    @LiebDeBoerSAWB777 Год назад +2

    Miner's weren't slaves they were just the best for doing what they did .later on together we made success but british tried to stop it by creating apartheid before that started to split black and white up sothat we dont succeed together.

  • @charlesarmstrong5292
    @charlesarmstrong5292 2 года назад +9

    Aaah Johannesburg! My home for nearly 50 Years. I have never stopped loving it, or remembering the wonderful life I enjoyed there. Nevertheless, looking back now from this 21st. Century and half a world away, I cannot help thinking what a fine piece of propaganda this documentary really was. In saying so, I must also confess my own complacency in recognizing the vast inequalities of that time.

    • @herbertderbersfield5870
      @herbertderbersfield5870 2 года назад +5

      Inequalities yes sure. You could say that about any city in the world. Standards of living for ALL, much higher than that of today 2022.

    • @031kraft7
      @031kraft7 2 года назад +1

      Lol, I was waiting for someone to admit that some of this is propaganda.

    • @adorabasilwinterpock6035
      @adorabasilwinterpock6035 2 года назад +1

      @@herbertderbersfield5870 HAHA

    • @roxyjackson4204
      @roxyjackson4204 Год назад

      Which is why you make your lazy statements from your armchair far away. You get to escape accountability to. At least for now.

    • @karlmunford7000
      @karlmunford7000 Год назад

      Today the world is all too eager to attribute humanity's fallen trait to the white man alone, having conveniently forgotten the abuses of the old world from Babylon and Persia all the way to some Muslim nations today, it is as the scriptures state...
      Jeremiah 17:9
      The heart _[of fallen humanity]_ is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
      It's a damning accusation against us all that no sooner does one group because of genetics, colour , opportunity or wealth gains the advantage over another, he will abuse and make merchandise of them, it's in every single one of us and shall remain until the regeneration.
      Acts 3:19-21
      19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord,
      20 and that he may send the Messiah, who has been appointed for you-even Jesus.
      21 Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.

  • @thesoundofthesuburbs
    @thesoundofthesuburbs 2 года назад +3

    If it is from 1946, it predates Apartheid which began in 1948.

  • @LiebDeBoerSAWB777
    @LiebDeBoerSAWB777 Год назад +2

    THIS IS WHAT SOUTH AFRICA WANTS AND NEED BUT SINCE BRITISH GOT CONTROL THINGS AREN'T LIKE IT WERE BEFORE

    • @yourcreditmanager
      @yourcreditmanager 10 месяцев назад

      Boet wat rook jy?

    • @LiebDeBoerSAWB777
      @LiebDeBoerSAWB777 10 месяцев назад

      @@yourcreditmanager ek rook niks vraag is hoekom is jou oogies nog toe ... Ek praat feite en ek kan als bewys ook ek praat nie net en het geen bewyse om my woorde te back nie. Britte het ons hell hekke laat oopgaan ons mure laat omval met politiek kyk self devide, control politiek saai hate teen ander groepe dit draai mekaar teen mekaar.kyk self

    • @LiebDeBoerSAWB777
      @LiebDeBoerSAWB777 10 месяцев назад

      @@yourcreditmanager daar is n mxxrse rede hoekom Boere nie met politiek wou meng nie .nou het jy n min of meer van n idea hoekom.

  • @jozliner
    @jozliner 7 лет назад +14

    This is a one sided story. But accurate on the separation of class experienced even in today world. I wonder what the land value is nowa days...

    • @zugzug9969
      @zugzug9969 5 лет назад +1

      Obviously you didn't watch the video 20:08 is the answer to your Racist question

  • @EstelleBoy-sc2jm
    @EstelleBoy-sc2jm 5 месяцев назад

    We're great days...all gone,dirt bin now😢😢

  • @mrtactica
    @mrtactica 2 года назад +1

    Hey, its that disclaimer again!

  • @brianlam1663
    @brianlam1663 6 месяцев назад

    My GAWD....wortever will these men think orf next in thees British South Efrika!!

  • @moniquedefranca5759
    @moniquedefranca5759 2 года назад +2

    Johannesburg is the only city in the world that is not build close to a water mass. .

  • @udeychowdhury2529
    @udeychowdhury2529 Год назад

    Was this very interesting video designed to attract settlers from the UK/dominions??

  • @felisrex1661
    @felisrex1661 3 месяца назад

    Wow the council built roads

  • @jean6872
    @jean6872 2 года назад +2

    So believable!

  • @dudundwandwe5850
    @dudundwandwe5850 7 лет назад +9

    Where were the blacks?

    • @sarkisarki3233
      @sarkisarki3233 6 лет назад

      Dudu Ndwandwe : hi Dudu. I hope you are well. My perspective of your question is as follows. Gold. Lab our was required to get gold so suddenly labor was wanted. Be well. Marr in Oz

    • @joshuasmit5137
      @joshuasmit5137 6 лет назад +3

      This is a circa 1946 film, only gonna get a white perspective from that timeframe

    • @zugzug9969
      @zugzug9969 5 лет назад +3

      Obviously you didn't watch the video 20:08 is the answer to your Racist question

    • @detdet3871
      @detdet3871 2 года назад +1

      @I speak Bidenese they are carrying the film equipment.

    • @andrewdutoit9571
      @andrewdutoit9571 2 года назад +1

      You all have fallen for the Socialist Narrative of South Africa. There are 2 cultures in South Africa, the White has always been the modern one, the other is Rural, Patriarcle, Pasteral and Tr!bal. Well, you can now do the math, I'm tired of explaining.

  • @roadgent7921
    @roadgent7921 Год назад +1

    Paradise lost.

  • @ericson_of_eric
    @ericson_of_eric 2 года назад +4

    All I can think about when I watch stuff like this is how much my Bitcoin would be worth by now had I only invested back then.

  • @ntshodingakane2078
    @ntshodingakane2078 Год назад +6

    They never mention the fact that there were communities (my ancestors) living here around the reef whom they forcefully removed to make way for the so called whites. My ansestors' lands were shared amongst themselves and they (my ancestors) were turned into 'labour tanents ' in their own lands.

    • @nonhlanhlapearl4700
      @nonhlanhlapearl4700 8 месяцев назад +1

      Here's the real story

    • @hussainfatmi9566
      @hussainfatmi9566 6 месяцев назад

      But still u r enjoying the civilization of white people , lol ... u must go to jungle and transform that into a civilized world on ur own and i bet that even in million years u cant acheive that

  • @djdarbeeye
    @djdarbeeye 2 года назад +5

    Discovered by a white man walking on foot. Where are my black people? Definitely looking after the cows😂. That's our culture. 💪

  • @user-fg1gv7cm1m
    @user-fg1gv7cm1m 4 месяца назад

    As a black person thanks to the white for building this country but apartheid was not a good idea but if we can check all countries where white did settle .e.g, botswana,nambia,tanzania, kenya n Zimbabwe,they are more developed than all the West countries like nigeria,ghana n most that were under France n Portugal

    • @youme1414
      @youme1414 4 месяца назад

      Overrated South Africa.

    • @user-fg1gv7cm1m
      @user-fg1gv7cm1m 4 месяца назад

      Japa boy,Chinese are mistreating the nigerians but you can do anything n thanks to the Chinese for refusing entry to that supermarket n for building their own hospital which nigerians can use it n it is for Chinese only n the worse that supermarket is in your state abuja,concentrate on nigeria's problem coz nigeria is the real jungle now,your leaders are looting for the better future of their families,nigeria is zooria

    • @UbomiLife
      @UbomiLife Месяц назад

      There was a time when Europeans was under developed, Asia was the most prosperous. Then, since the Christopher Columbus area the idea of stealing from the "new world" began. Eventually, even without Europeans interruption. South Africa of developed and judging from 1800s during Shaka Zulu era. South Africa would be a Zulu country. Just like England talking over Ireland and Scotland. After all there is no nation in history that ever asked Europeans the settle in their native land. They've always invaded. Europeans just had the weapons that it

  • @brojo6308
    @brojo6308 Год назад

    6:00

  • @durandjohnson1321
    @durandjohnson1321 Год назад

    Segregation sucks!

  • @levelzyung7454
    @levelzyung7454 Год назад

    This narrator is violating 🤣🤣

  • @damariwilson2930
    @damariwilson2930 6 лет назад +7

    Thought this was in Africa where are the black people

    • @zugzug9969
      @zugzug9969 5 лет назад +3

      Obviously you didn't watch the video 20:08 is the answer to your Racist question

    • @brantdanger
      @brantdanger 2 года назад +4

      The black people didn't make Jo-berg, and the Bantu moved into that region AFTER the whites built it. Why would the film be about blacks? Blacks had thousands of years to build a city in Africa, and they couldn't.

    • @nadiaswann7043
      @nadiaswann7043 2 года назад

      There were only a few here and there. Some parts of South Africa, there were none. Many of them came from other parts of Africa. As you saw in the areas like the Witwatersrand. All beautiful and empty lands. But some black people believe everything belongs to them, just because they are black. They leaders told them everything the white man build, belongs to them and they still believe it till today. Very sad, as many white people are now being murdered and driven out.

    • @paulh7798
      @paulh7798 Год назад

      It like London England today … where are the white people.

  • @foodlife_uk
    @foodlife_uk 6 лет назад +13

    This was a promotional film shot in the 1940's with paid actors. Laws allowed for discrimination/segregation and heavily influenced by British (English) culture. This film is NOT the reality of the time in the 1880's but actually the false representation of 'successful' Europeans to market Johannesburg to the rest of the world in the 1940's...

    • @zugzug9969
      @zugzug9969 5 лет назад +2

      Obviously you didn't watch the video 20:08 is the answer to your Racist question

    • @brantdanger
      @brantdanger 2 года назад +4

      What makes you think the people in the film were paid actors?

  • @enzomthethwa5861
    @enzomthethwa5861 2 года назад +8

    The narrator makes so many microaggressive comments against black people. Calling them non-Europeans or natives, as if they are savages who don't belong on their own land. Then referring to their centuries old custom of using "witch doctors" for medicine as being inferior to Western medicine. I am a traditional African healer, and I know better. Western medicine has proven to be inferior to African, Eastern, and indigenous American medical practice. Also, he says it is "surprising" that black people are smart enough to read and speak in multiple languages. *Face palm*

    • @omegamale7880
      @omegamale7880 2 года назад +1

      I agree. Western medicine, aka Rockefeller medicine, is crap.

    • @moonstryder1740
      @moonstryder1740 2 года назад +1

      Well it is surprising as southern africans never wrote in their language. It was only a spoken language. Also what? If you really believe western medicine is inferior to afro medicine then theres no hope for your ooga booga caveman self. Maybe thats why you had to become a traditional healer instead of a real health worker. Thank you for lidtening mr Bones 😄 🤣

    • @cyberbladee9899
      @cyberbladee9899 2 года назад +7

      wait so if they can't be called natives then they don't belong here? Good point. Also why are you complaining about a 76 year old video, the narrator is definitely long gone

    • @brantdanger
      @brantdanger 2 года назад +1

      You are writing in English and using the internet, made by White men. Therefore, you are making microaggressions. Face palm.

    • @mikewannenburg5907
      @mikewannenburg5907 2 года назад +4

      Rubbish how is your brand of medicine Superior? Because you say so?

  • @jonathanagulhas646
    @jonathanagulhas646 2 года назад +4

    One sided history!!!!!!!!??????????

    • @paulh7798
      @paulh7798 Год назад

      Which happens to reflect the facts. What had blacks built back then? What did the video miss?

  • @nigelhamilton815
    @nigelhamilton815 Год назад

    The " whiteness " is prominent!