Kimberley Centenary

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2203
Date Released
23 Aug 1971
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Kimberley Centenary. DESCRIPTION: Focal point of the World’s Diamond Industry, Kimberley, celebrates its Centenary. SHOTLIST: BCU Tiffany - largest & finest diamond ever found. Aerial view Kimberley diamond mines. SV statue of Cecil John Rhodes. SV man turning wheel - re-enactment of diamond digging technique. CU diamond sifting machine. LV man sifting diamonds. GV still of Nichalas de Beer’s farm where diamonds were first discovered. CU still of de Beer. SV still zoom out to GV diamond digging in 1871. SV still of old open cast site. CU still of old cheque - zoom into CU of amount - £5,338,650 - paid for mines. GV de Beer building where exhibition by Rhodes is being held. CU the Gurera diamond - 1st truly authentic diamond found in South Africa. CU the Earth Star diamond, largest pear shaped diamond in the world. CU collection of diamonds zoom out to SV.
Keywords
Commemorations; Celebrations and festivals; Mining
Locations
South Africa
Footage sources
France
Card file number
97385
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Kimberley Centenary', British Movietone News Issue No. 2203, 23 Aug 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28986 (Accessed 27 Aug 2025)