SEE IT NOW: REPORT ON SOUTH AFRICA, PART 1 (TV)
Summary
One in this series of current events documentary programs, hosted by Edward R. Murrow. This two-part program examines the South African government's racial policy of apartheid toward the native Bantu population. Highlights of part one include the following: at the tip of South Africa on the Cape of Good Hope, Howard K. Smith provides background on the history of South Africa and Edward Murrow describes, in voice-over, how such precious ores as gold, diamonds, and uranium have boosted the economy; the city of Johannesburg; the social conditions of the Bantu, the non-white majority; the Dutch minority, the Afrikaner; a male Afrikaner commenting on his belief that the Bantu are inferior; historian Leo Marquard commenting on the political future of South Africa; the recruitment of Bantus to work the mines, including a look at their living and working conditions; a portrait of Dr. Johannes Strijdom, the Nationalist Party's candidate for prime minister, and his racial policies; the apartheid plank's success in the election of Nov. 30, 1954; the interior minister on apartheid; the new Bantu education laws that force Anglican and Catholic missions to close schools to protest the government's attempt to give Bantus an inferior education; and comments by Dr. A.B. Xuma on apartheid, communist influence, and the racial question in the U.S. Commercials deleted. Continues with T80:0746.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 14, 1954 Tuesday 10:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:16
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T80:0745
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Africa - Race relations; Apartheid; Johannesburg, South Africa; Racism; South Africa, Republic of - Civil rights; South Africa, Republic of - Politics and government; U S - Civil rights; African-American Collection - News/Talk
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1951-1958
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Fred W. Friendly … Producer
- Edward R. Murrow … Producer, Host, Narrator
- Howard K. Smith … Reporter
- William McClure … Reporter
- A. B. Xuma
- Johannes Strijdom
- Leo Marquard