South Africa - War and Peace
- 56 min
41 sec
[1 March 1994]
A unique social documentary which recounts the history of the ANC from 1912 until the present day and the experience of South Africans during Apartheid. Includes rare archive footage of keynote demonstrations and riots comments from Walter Sisulu and Ahmed Kathrada after their historic release from Robben Island.
00:02:24:11 South African miners dig for diamonds circa 1920.
00:06:10:02 Mine-owners seen employing cheap young black workers.
00:08:22:07 Still images of ANC leaders Dr James Moroka, Oliver Tambo, Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu.
00:09:17:21 scenes of visual separation and segregation of blacks and whites.
00:09:53:12 Defiance campaign and street protests.
00:10:21:14 Freedom Charter adopted.
00:11:31:12 court footage of 154 ANC demonstrators being acquitted.
00:16:35:01 Albert Lutuli being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
00:17:01:02 South Africans burning their passes in protest.
00:19:38:14 Rare footage of Nelson Mandela just before being sentenced to prison.
00:30:01:08 Armed struggle and vigilante violence in Cape Town.
00:30:30:18 Burning shacks and more confrontational fighting in streets.
00:32:02:19 Militants smashing windows and setting people alight.
00:32:27:18 Peaceful street protest for the release of Nelson Mandela.
00:33:16:23 police beating and whipping protestors.
00:39:53:13 final enormous peaceful protest by all religious groups calling for an end to apartheid.
00:40:40:17 Johannesburg today, mixed, festive and apartheid-free.
00:42:31:22 Public speech by South Africa President FW De Klerk.
