Southern African Films and Documentaries

Southern African Films and Documentaries

Villon Films


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Villon Films · 1945 English

Mixed reel of general views around 1940s Johannesburg city and Townships.


Villon Films · 1938 English

This feature film is the history of the Afrikanerdom according to Afrikaner Nationalists. It traces the arrival of the Dutch in Southern Africa, through the Great Trek and the defeat …


Villon Films · 1927 English

Dramatic feature (silent film). A first look at Zulu life in South Africa. In 1927, an Italian film crew landed in South Africa intending to make a film about a …


Villon Films · 1920 English

Rand Rebellion, 1922. Police and marchers. Martial Law proclaimed. Strikers. Rebel stronghold. Artillery. Prisoners. Damaged property. Principal commanders as prisoners. General Smuts. Memorial to Great Trek. Foster Gang. Voortrekker celebrations. …


Villon Films · 1916 English

Dramatic feature of the Great Trek and Battle of Blood River. This feature film from 1916 tells the story of South Africa’s Boer pioneers in their epic trek across southern …


Villon Films · 1915 English

4 early silent short films: THE ZULU’S HEART (1908), RASTUS IN ZULULAND (1910), and THE KAFFIR’S GRATITUDE (1916), SINS OF ROSANNE (incomplete) (1920)