South Africa: a preview for the visitor

South Africa: a preview for the visitor screen title.

Documentary (1954)

Starring:
Harold C.Weaver (Director and Photography)
E.V.H.Emmett (Narrator)
Colin Stamp (Script)
Peter Russel (Music)
Maurice Askew (Sound)

This 1954 color tourism film directed by Harold C. Weaver and narrated by E.V.H. Emmett for the South African Tourist Corporation provides a travelogue view of the region’s natural beauty and popular attractions from a distinctly British colonialist perspective that exoticises and otherizes native peoples, and does not mention the policy of apartheid.

Douglas DC-4-1009

At Johannesburg Jan Smuts International Airport (JNB) (O. R. Tambo International Airport (JNB/FAOR) nowadays).
Registration ZS-BMH, c/n 43157. Last DC-4 built, delivered new to South African Airways/Suid Afrikaans Lugdiens in August 1947, named Lebombo. Bought by South African Air Force SAAF in January 1966, registered 6904. Retired in Janauary 1993. Current kept airworthy and used by SAA Museum/Skyclass Aviation, named Lebombo with South African Airways/Suid Afrikaans Lugdiens colour scheme.

Reg.ZS-BMH Douglas DC-4-1009 Lebombo of South African Airways/Suid Afrikaans Lugdiens.

Unidentified Aircraft to the right.

Reg.ZS-BMH Douglas DC-4-1009 Lebombo of South African Airways/Suid Afrikaans Lugdiens.

Douglas DC-6

At Johannesburg Jan Smuts International Airport (JNB) .
Registration OO-SDC, c/n 43064/72. Delivered new to SABENA in September 1947, registered OO-AWC. Re-Registered OO-SDC in November 1951. Leased to LIA-Lebanese International Airways in June 1958. Leased to Sobelair in January 1961. Returned to SABENA in September 1961. Leased to BIAS-Belgian International Air Service in March 1963. Return to SABENA in September 1963. Leased to Air Zaïre in 1964. Sold to Spantax in May 1965, registered EC-AZX. Leased to Wiggins Intercontinental in September 1979, registered TI-A414B. Leased to J&R Freighter Forwarders in January 1980. Sold to Gerald O'Brien Watkins in February 1980, registered N5594R. Sold to Atlas Aircraft Corp. Miami FL in October 1982. Broken up in December 1982.

Reg.OO-SDC Douglas DC-6 of SABENA-Societé Anonyme Belge d'Exploitation de la Navigation Aérienne.

Douglas DC-4-1009

Taxiing on the apron of Johannesburg Jan Smuts International Airport on domestic route Johannesburg-Cape Town. See discussion tab (1)
Another one behind in the far background.

Douglas DC-4-1009 of South African Airways/Suid Afrikaans Lugdiens.

Douglas DC-3 or C-47 in front of it behind engine N°4 of SABENA's DC-6 already mentioned above.

Douglas DC-4-1009 of South African Airways/Suid Afrikaans Lugdiens.

De Havilland DH106 Comet 1

B.O.A.C has inaugurated the first commercial flight by jet aircraft in May 1952 on the London-Johannesburg route.
Registration G-ALYP, c/n 6003. First flight in January 1951. Delivered to B.O.A.C in April 1952. Written off in January 1954, crashed off Elba Island Italy after fuselage failure while at cruising altitude.
The picture must have been shot in the second half of 1952 or in 1953. See discussion tab (2).

Reg.G-ALYP De Havilland DH106 Comet 1 of B.O.A.C-British Overseas Airways Corporation.

Lockheed L-749A Constellation

Lockheed L-749A Constellation of Qantas.

Douglas DC-6B

Registration N6531C, c/n 43531/262. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in August 1952, named Clipper Viking. Sold to Aviateca in August 1961, registered TG-ADA. Written off at Guatemala City in June 1978, crashed on approach when cargo shifted.

Reg.N6531C Douglas DC-6B Clipper Viking of PAA-Pan American World Airways.

Douglas DC-6B

Registration N6530C, c/n 43530/261. Delivered new to Pan American World Airways in August 1952, named Clipper Pathfinder, then Clipper Frankfurt, then Clipper Natchez. Leased to LACSA Costa Rica in September 1962, registered TI-1018C, bought by LACSA Costa Rica and registered TI-LRD in January 1974.Leased to Cayman Airways in December 1976. Sold to Aerolineas Exaco (Expres Aereo Costaricense) in October 1977, re-registered TI-ALW. Sold to SAISA in August 1980. Sold to Angel Arceiro Miami FL in February 1987, registered N653PB. Wfu at Merida, Mexico in March 1991.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg.N6530C Douglas DC-6B Clipper Pathfinder of PAA-Pan American World Airways.

The DC-6B is seen in the background left. Douglas DC-3 or C-47 in front of it behind engine N°4 of SABENA's DC-6 already mentioned above. Colour scheme remind Commercial Air Services rebranded Comair, but anachronistic since the company operated the aircraft later in the 1960s.