We are developing Ring Tones of Rhodesian interest. We will send you the file by email attachment. You will need to be able to connect your phone to your PC in order to be able to save it to your phone.
The Royal Rhodesian Air Force - film clips from the Federation days includes various parades, aircraft flying display, Sir Roy Welensky. Run time approximately 15 minutes. DVD PAL format.
The original 8mm films were donated by Chuck Osborne to the Rhodesian Services Association who funded the recovery and conversion to digital format by Park Road Productions which is connected to Sir Peter Jackson and the Weta Group in Wellington NZ. Harmon Cusack MLM of Msasa Enterprises in South Africa then put it to DVD format for us free of charge.
This footage was professionaly filmed. It has no original audio track, Msasa have put musical track as a background. The resultant picture quality is good considering the age of the material. There are some good aerial views of Salisbury. A great piece of unique history.
Price $30 plus postage.
Farming Rhodesia featuring The See-Saw Years and A Reason to Care. DVD PAL format
The See-Saw Years (27 minutes run time) was a film produced by the Central African Film Unit in around 1962 with the assistance of the Tobacco Export Promotion Council of Southern Rhodesia and the tobacco farmers of Umvukwes. It is a light hearted look at the development of farming in the area. The original film was donated by Steve Addison to the Rhodesian Services Association who funded the recovery and conversion to digital format by Park Road Productions which is connected to Sir Peter Jackson and the Weta Group in Wellington NZ. Harmon Cusack MLM of Msasa Enterprises in South Africa then put it to DVD format for us free of charge.
A Reason To Care (20 minutes run time) is a documentary format look at conservation and game integration into Rhodesian farming. Made in the 1970s with the cooperation of the late Norman Travers and others.
Full sound track on both features. A great historic package.
We thank John Horbury former GM of Rhodesian Farmer Publications for the use of the 'Spud' cartoon material used on the cover design.