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Mining at JC Mines North Rand Shaft, Gauteng, B-roll

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1998
00:02:39
South Africa
Primrose, near Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa. Gold Mining. Workers prep to go on shift, descend incline shaft, work underground. At JC Mines North Rand Shaft.
Physical formats available:
Betacam SP, 16mm
Digital formats available:
Quicktime (Pro Res)
Audio & visual:
Sound, Color

This is a shallow mine exploiting old workings where the gold outcropped close to or on the surface. Today this mine would be the domain of ‘Zama-Zamas’, gangs of illegal miners who exploit the old workings. Raw rushes clips from the film Main Reef Road.

Director: Nic Hofmeyr
Collection
Nic Hofmeyr
(13)
Collection of works and rushes from South African Cinematographer and Director.
Collection
Stock Footage, B-roll, Newsreels
(138)
A collection of various newsreels B-roll, out-takes from the early 20th Century through to the 1980s, from Europe, Cuba, South and North America, Africa.