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Africa II – From the Equator to Table Mountain

Africa II – From the Equator to Table Mountain

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 23, 1953

Runtime

1h 14m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Afrika – II. část – Od rovníku ke Stolové hoře

Production Companies

Studio populárně vědeckých a naučných filmů Gottwaldov

Description

The second part of the film begins with a journey in the equatorial region, where the travelers managed to capture the most typical images of the original Africa. The journey continues to the forests of the Belgian Congo, where they filmed the smallest people in the world, black dwarfs. From Central Africa, they head south through Victoria Falls and the mysterious ruins of a medieval settlement in Zimbabwe. In Johannesburg, they witness a celebration of black gold diggers. Their journey ends at the southernmost tip of Africa under Table Mountain in Cape Town. The end of the film depicts the birth of a volcano shot from close range.