General Smuts Visits An Outpost (1941)

Title reads: “General Smuts visits an outpost“. Various shots of South African troops marching through and manning the battlements of Fort Wajir in North East Africa. M/S of General Jan Smuts, the South African Prime Minister, as he walks from his aircraft. Various shots of Smuts as he inspects the defences of the fort. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.