The Africans: New Conflicts - South Africa Apartheid. Regards the constant state of internal conflict endured by many African countries in post-colonial times. Edited unmixed program originally shot on film.
Panning LS squalid black township of South Africa; poverty, shantytown. Over the shoulder MS white cop driving van; VO says the white police forces still ensure that all violence takes place in the Townships; MSs of troops, stores of weapons & tear gas back of van; MS black policeman looking apprehensive; police trucks with prisoners in cages roll through township; MS black residents sing songs to heckle the cops and support their fellows; MSs black teenagers throwing rocks at police vans & Afrikaners; TLS moving police van, the windshield shattering from hurled rock;
MS young black leader advocating violent rebellion against apartheid. This year will be a year of violence.
TLS 4X2 pickup driven by old white man getting hit with rock, windshield breaking.
MS young black leader advocating violent rebellion against apartheid. and the slogan is attack !
MSs black teenagers throwing rocks at police vans & Afrikaners
MS President P.W. Botha saying he doesn't understand why there is violence in the country. I can t see the reasons for this situation.
TLSs rocks shattering a truck windshield, white paramilitaries in back of truck firing shotguns.
President P.W. Botha saying that the government will take stronger steps to match any violence by the opposition. If necessary, we can even take stronger steps.
MS security forces in back of truck w/ rifles.
MS corpses in South African township streets; CUs mourners at funeral. MSs burial of a black man, coffin lowered into ground, dirt being shoveled onto coffin, etc; panorama of the open grasslands, funeral in FG.
MSs soldiers in armored troop carriers surrounded by dancing residents of a black township.
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