A fantastic film. I lived in South Africa when it was released in 1968. I went to an English speaking primary school and learned Afrikaans, but it wasnt good enough to understand the Afrikaans section of the film. So I didn't see it then. However, today back in the UK and on the 143rd anniversary of the battle, I watched it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Even though I didn't understand the Afrikaans, I was able to work out the gist of it. It would have been nice to have sub-titles though!
The films original running time was 165 minutes, the film was edited down to 99 minutes to fit more screenings into a day and the excised footage was never put back nor archived 😔
What a lovely movie. My mother was Afrikaans from the farm. My dad although born in South Africa, was from English decent. My grandfather, mom's dad insisted I attend an Afrikaans school. I spent 12 years in an Afrikaans school. Spoke Afrikaans to my mom, English to my dad. Would have been nice if they had this movie with subs for those not understanding Afrikaans. Ek het die fliek baie geniet. My oupa het my baie stories vertel van die Boere oorlog. Sal dit nooit vergeet nie. Ek is lief vir my land Suid Afrika.
i too had the same. i was born in klerksdorp. my dad was irish descent born in SA and my mom meiring very afrikaans. my brother and i were sent to english schools but i spoke afrikaans at home to all three. he was ashamed of being called an afrikaner vrot banana...children were cruel so he refused to speak afrikaans and told my mom to never speak afrikaans at the school. I now live in wakkerstroom mpumalanga and there is an anglo boer war cemetery here and they have a reenactment of the anglo boer war
I just watched Boers at the end of the World last week. In the movie I saw that there is a memorial with the surnames of a the families, I was glad to see Swanepoel on there. In the movie I could also see that people came from the Karoo town next to my hometown De Aar. Pues ahora vivo en España y soy un versión nuevo como vosotros, me fue de allí have 16 años para ir a Londres, allí conoció mi mujer y ahora vivo en Málaga. Tengo un amigo de Córdoba en Argentina y hablamos mucho sobre los Boers de Patagonia. Mi encanta vuestro historia!
@@perodenero dear tokolos, i lived in rodhesia in the 70s, selous scouts vet. my first love was a boere girl. my hart will always have some orange. ahora vivo cerca de los boeres de la patagonia, unos 700 kms, que tiene una superficie cuatro veces mas grande que españa. en estas soledades es posible ser libre todavia. afectuosos saludos
Forgive me.... I wish there was English subtitles. Fun movie. Suprised that the victory was so one sided. Boers legacy is well earned with the name "Commando" now a main stay for "elite fighters."
The funny thing is, I do understand this because of my knowlege of Hildesheimer Platt! I'm from southern Niedersachsen in Germany and our Platt sounds a bit like this. Only a bit. But it's enough to understand.
Afrikaans tho originally Dutch had large influences from German and French and some native to South Africa and some maylasian that where brought over as slaves over time it merged to bring you modern Afrikaans, that is currently merging with english to give you as whe call it here Kaaps or capes as it's mostly being mixed around the cape town area since the province that cape town is in the western cape had the most Afrikaans and English speakers.
my family used to live in newcastle when we emigrated from the uk in 1975. we used to go to the valley inn hotel and swim in the pool and my parents would have drinks, and some of this film was shot here.
The reason they are cut back is that the film lost almost a quarter of its' running time after its' initial cinema release. The film originally ran to almost three hours.
Die English mission was o murder all living if they could - they just had to find a valid reason. Creating new rules which they knew other nations will not follow and then it was time to murder. No Country is more known for vicious slaughters all over the world than the English - Remember most Americans are English of inheritance. Even the Maori in NZ looked after the wounded English men after battles.
It hadn't collapsed by 1931 (50 years after 1881). In fact it was more of a decades long decline rather than a real collapse. Bits of the empire got independence one at a time, with South Africa gaining independence in 1934, India getting independence in 1947, and with the last colony (Hong Kong) being transferred back to China in 1997 (I suppose there are still the Falkland islands, Bermuda, and a handful of other "British Overseas Territories" but it doesn't look like they will be breaking away anytime soon, so the fall of the British Empire is probably about done by now). So there really isn't a specific year where the British empire "collapsed". It just kind of slowly declined out of existence over the 20th century.
@@braamies5339 - - I did not mean something special. I bet that I understand Afrikaner as much as you. The languages that we don't understand are "truly delightful".
I watched this in around 1972 in the cinema. Ek was toe heeltemal tweetalig (al was ek in die V.K. gebore), en het dit met klasmate gesien. I returned to the U.K. in 1976 and so this is the first time I've seen this film since then. The Afrikaans is that which I learnt, although I suspect that many young Afrikaners may struggle a bit, since this is the "egte suiwer taal"!
Waar word daar enigsins na "afrikaner" in die film verwys. Daardie was Boere. Geen "afrikaner" het ooit in 'n Boere oorlog vir die Boere geveg nie. Daar was wel Kaapse Kolonie afrikaners wat vir die engelse geveg het.
Die enigste afriikaners (Kaaps Hollanders) wat in die Boere oorlog geveg het is die wat saam met die britte teen die Boere geveg het. Die "afrikaner" (soos de Klerk) het nog altyd die Boer verraai.
Please Chris van der Leer I don't know the Afrikaans language but I know English, Spanish or Portuguese, but if you put subtitles you will allow many people in the world to know more about the history of this heroic African people, I already ate biltong in Europe and I loved it. we have something similar in Brazil that we popularly call (dried meat or beef jerky)
Based on the battle of Majuba Hill in the first Anglo-Farmers-war of 1881, the story of how a small, but determined Farmers regiment, the English forces stopped only in their first big advance to Pretoria. When the British forces a warning of the farmers against fierce resistance at Bronkhorst Shoot ontag in Natal, is the English knocked down by the farmers may. an Informative and pitiful look at the events that led to the battle of Majuba Hill.
@@peterrooke5336 I am actually trying to help you. Although farmer would translate to "boer" the term Boer (with a capital B) does NOT translate to farmer. The British came and waged war against the Boer Republics which was the Transvaal, Freestate and Natal Republics. All these people whatever their occupations refer to themselves as Boers. Take it from me as a Boer myself, I know what I am talking about.
Tradução do cabeçalho; Com base na Batalha de Majuba na primeira Guerra Anglo-Boer de 1881, a história é contada de como um pequeno mas determinado regimento Boer parou as forças inglesas apenas em sua primeira grande marcha para Pretória. Quando as forças britânicas desobedeceram a um aviso dos bôeres contra a resistência feroz em Bronkhorst Spruit, em Natal, os ingleses foram derrotados pela força bôer. Um olhar perspicaz e compassivo sobre os eventos que levaram à Batalha de Majuba. Battle of Majuba Hill The Battle of Majuba Hill was the main battle of the First Boer War. It took place near Volksrust, South Africa, on February 27, 1881. Although the battle was small, it was an important one in the story. It led to the signing of a peace treaty. The treaty was between the British and the Republic of South Africa. It ended the First Boer War. Also the fire and movement tactics used by the Boers were years ahead of their time. This battle and two previous battles convinced the British of the Boer strength. During the Second Anglo-Boer War, "Remember Majuba" became a rallying cry. Some leading British historians say that this defeat marked the beginning of the decline of the British Empire.
'Mr. Hamilton' as seen in the scene of the battle of Majuba was then-lieutenant Ian Hamilton. He was shot in the wrist which left is left arm mostly useless for the rest of his life. After the battle he was released by the boers because he was not expected to survive. During the second boer war he would return and now a colonel notably led the main attack at the Battle of Elandslaagte. Here he rallied the British soldiers after a boer counterattack and drove them back. For this action he was recommended for the VC by Sir John French but authorities in London declined the award thinking Hamilton too senior. During WW1 he commanded the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Very bad planning by Churchill and Kitchener, Hamilton maybe being more of a tactician instead of a strategist and a lot of others reasons made sure the Dardanelles campaign ended in disaster.
South African friend of origin please help the world know his heroic story put several subtitles be a great patriot´ you do not want to put in English put in Spanish or Portuguese
Afrikaans is a germanic teutonic language very similar to Vlaams of Belgium with very little english in it. Most of the words that sounds english are actually derived from latin.
@@depotg It is not "similar to Flemish". There is no Flemish language. Only a Dutch language. Flanders is the DUTCH speaking region of Belgium. And Afrikaans is more similar to northern Dutch dialects than to southern dialects.
The Afrikaners spoke their language and the English spoke theirs. The film was released at a time when Afrikaans was the dominant language in this country.
What would´ve been happened if the British commander wouldn't command a withdraw? In my opinion the Boers would have wiped out all the British Forces in this second battle.
Ja, ons nuwe regering haat enigiets wat sukses verteenwoordig. Ons Boere het nie die Britse vlag verbied nie, en ons het baie redes gehad om te doen. Die Boere het hulle eie trots. Sodra Afrika leer om die geskiedenis te eerbied, sal hulle toekoms beter wees. Sodra Afrika leer om op te bou en nie uit te brand nie, sal dit ook beter gaan.
@@andrevanschalkwyk7072 The British Empire has a rich history and heritage. The only reason the Afrikaners governed South Africa was because the Crown allowed them to, hence SA only becoming a Republic in 1962 I think it was. They would not of dared change the English names or removed the statues...too many English people to contend with. We are not the weaklings the Afrikaners, especially in this movie, perceive us to be. SA should of remained under British rule in my opinion.
😉 In 1988, a German book published how benevolent the White giant of Africa actually was. Below are some of the facts referencing 1988 In 1972, SA blacks owned 360,000 vehicles. (More than all the black African states together) The monthly income of blacks per capita in 1988 was R352 per month in South Africa - Malawi and Mozambique was less than R20 per month. In 1988 black people could undergo a complicated heart valve surgery for just more than $ 1 while black Americans had to pay $ 15,000. In a Pretoria hospital between 2,000 and 3,000 of these surgeries were done per year. In 1970, black workers earned R1,751 million, or 25.5% of the total wage fees in SA and increased to R17,238 million in 1984 (1,000% growth) and 32.3% of total wages in SA. In the 1986/1987 financial year, whites paid R9,000 million and blacks R171 million tax. Indians paid R257 million and coloreds paid R315 million on tax. Between 1962 and 1972 the UN paid $ 298 million to underdeveloped countries compared to South Africa that spent $ 558 million on the development of its black areas. The budget amount for black education increases every year from 1970 to almost 30% more than any other government department. From 1955 to 1984 the number of black scholars increased from 35,000 to 1,096,000. In 1988 71% of the adult black population could read and write versus 47% in Kenya, 38% in Egypt and 34% in Nigeria. On average during the year 15 new classrooms per working day were built for black scholars. In 1985 there were 42,000 black students enrolled at SA universities. There were 5 black universities and 28 higher education institutions funded by the government. Soweto with its population of 1.2 million had 5 modern stadiums versus Pretoria with its 600,000 whites who had three. Soweto had 365 schools versus Pretoria 229. In Soweto in 1978, there were 115 football fields, three rugby fields, 4 athletic tracks, 11 cricket fields, two golf courses, 47 tennis courts, 7 swimming pools, 5 bowling halls, 81 basketball fields, 39 children playgrounds and countless community halls, cinemas and clubhouses. In Soweto in 1978, there were 300 churches, 365 schools, 2 technicons, 8 clinics, 63 kindergartens, 11 post offices and its own fruit and vegetable market. The white government built a huge hospital Baragwanath 3,000 beds in Soweto. One of the largest and most modern hospitals in the world. Its 23 operating theaters were equipped with the best equipment money can buy. Here blacks were treated at a nominal cost of R2 for an unlimited period. In 1982, no fewer than 898 heart surgeries were done here. Next to the Baragwantha Hospital is the St. John-eye clinic, famous for the treatment of glaucoma, previous fix retinas, traumatic eye injuries and rare tropical diseases. There were over 2,300 registered firms, 1,000 taxi operators and 50,000 car owners in Soweto. Dr. Kenneth Walker, a Canadian physician, visited Soweto and made the following observations: He saw several houses worth more than R100 000 with various BMW’s at the door. Only 2% of homes are shacks with neat buildings with lawns. If he had to choose between the decaying apartments in New York, Detroit or Chicago than he would rather stay in Soweto. He’d rather be very ill in Soweto as in some Canadian cities. He says the city has more schools, churches, cars, taxis, and sports fields than any other independent African states. In 1978 the South African government built a highly modern hospital MEDUNSA on the border of the independent state of Bophuthatswana at a cost of R70 million on 35 hectares. In this “city” there were living and sleeping facilities for male and female students. Black doctors, dentists, veterinarians and para-medical staff were trained. It is the only specialized university of its kind in Africa and one of the few in the world financed by white taxpayers exclusively to benefit blacks. Almost all students who mainly came from the national homelands costs were taken care of by the government. The practical training took place in the nearby Garankuwa Hospital farm where the whole range of human ailments is covered. Garankuwa had the facilities for kidney transplants, isotopes units with specialized laboratories where 200 doctors were trained practically every year. South Africa provided training for the airline personnel of Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zaire and the Comores. In 1979, when the train traffic to the Malawian capital Lilongwe was interrupted by rebels, SA sent transport aircrafts with fuel drums to keep their economy going. In 1986, 80,000 black businessmen from Africa visited Cape Town to finalize business deals. South Africa provided the grain needs of its neighboring countries and wider. In 1980, Zambia received 250 000 tons of maize, Mozambique 150,000 tons maize and 50 000 tons of wheat, Kenya 128,000 tons maize and Zimbabwe 100 000 tons. Other countries that also received South African grain were Angola, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mauritius, Tanzania and Zaire. At least 12 countries of Africa, according to the “Argus African News Service” were so dependent on SA grain that a total ban on imports and exports would have destroyed them economically. About half of Lesotho’s male population worked in South Africa, about 146,000 in 1983, and earned R280,6 million which was about half of Lesotho’s treasury. In the 1982/83 financial year SA budgeted R434 million for assistance to the independent neighboring states. SA produced more electrical energy than Italy, as much crude steel as France, more wheat than Canada, more wool than the US, more wine than Greece and more fish than Great Britain. South African trains ran on more rail lines than in West Germany, carried more passengers than Switzerland, have better punctuality record than Austria and exported car parts to 100 countries. SA mines bore down to the depth of 3,480 meters and holds the record for the deepest vertical shaft at 2,498m deep into the hardest rock in the world. They were accused by the world that they were a police state: In SA 1.4 officers for every 1,000 people while the world is as follows: UK 2.2, Israel 3.5, New York 4.3, and Moscow 10 per 1000. In South Africa there were 16,292 white policemen versus 19 177 non-white. They were accused of killing their political offenders: In 1979-1980 there were no deaths in SA prisons. In the previous 10 years 37 died versus 274 in the same period in Wales and England. They were accused that they payed starvation wages: In 1974, the average monthly income of black workers in South Africa were $ 127 versus the $ 140 in the US, the richest country in the world. They were accused that they locked up thousands of political prisoners: In 1983, 127 such prisoners are confined in SA and 11 whose movements were limited. A further 32 were under house arrest.
Interesting to see an Afrikaans film on the Boer war here, good take. The Boers of course, did a brilliant guerilla campaign but were ultimately going to be defeated
The Boers was only "defeated" in the 2nd Boer War when the brits had to resort to burning their farmsteads and torturing and murdering their woman and children in concentration camps. In normal warfare it was impossible for the brits to defeat the Boers.
This was the 1st (1899) Anglo war in South Africa ,,, it was during the 2nd (1899 - 1902 ) Anglo war that the commonwealth nations helped to win the war by placing woman and children into concentration camps.
The first Boer War 1880/81 ended with a Boer Victory as the British partitioned their South African holdings into four territories, two British, Cape and Natal, and two Boer Transvaal and The Free (Orange) State. The two Boer republics were completely landlocked so any trading had to go through one of the two British colonies. At the time the only valuable resource known was diamonds which the British took total possession of, Kimberly was in the Cape. Five years later gold was discovered in the Transvaal making it the major world holder of gold, thus part of the cause of the 2nd Boer War. During the 1st war the British used less than 15,000 troops, during the second around 475,000, making it their largest war to date, and the 3rd in their history after the two World Wars.
@@depotg How would it of been impossible to defeat the Boers in normal warfare? You think the English cannot fight? Look at their military track record going back to the 5th century....The British were and have always been a military people.
really.really shows how stupid the officers were at that time most of them bought there ranks and had sod all exsperiance of battle and got there men killed.
For those who understand some Dutch, it's not too hard to understand, though their accent and prononciation would require time to adjust. Bad actors though. Some of the comments here below are disgusting. Do you guys realize you are taking about human beings? Some of your grand parents and the all world fought against tyranny and mass murders and other crimes, most of them based on racial superiority but not only, for 5 years. dozens of millions of lives were lost in that crusade for democracy and freedom, and yet some people still believe in that kind of ideas in the 21st century. the only predator to the humain kind is the humain himself. I am 63yo now and I have always been proud that my father fought the Fascists in Abisinia. I don't like what I am reading guys. It makes me think to the years 1920-1930. It stings !
your antagonistic comment does not require an answer .... perhaps you should go and and chase more KhoiSan bushmen into the desert .. like your ancestors did.
Coley should never have gone up the mountain there wàs no need he was supposed to be going to Pretoria not climbing mountains. Biller made the same mistake on spion kop . The reason the Brits didn't do so well in both wars was because they couldn't shoot . The Boers where expert marksmen having been raised with guns . The Brits hardly shot before taking the shilling .
There is another thing to remember. British military doctrine at the time placed an emphasis on taking and holding the high ground. However, when fighting with the Martini Henry rifles seen here, later with Lee Enfields and Mausers, that advantage is reduced to a point where it is no longer the deciding factor in a fight.
A fantastic film. I lived in South Africa when it was released in 1968. I went to an English speaking primary school and learned Afrikaans, but it wasnt good enough to understand the Afrikaans section of the film. So I didn't see it then. However, today back in the UK and on the 143rd anniversary of the battle, I watched it and thoroughly enjoyed it. Even though I didn't understand the Afrikaans, I was able to work out the gist of it. It would have been nice to have sub-titles though!
The films original running time was 165 minutes, the film was edited down to 99 minutes to fit more screenings into a day and the excised footage was never put back nor archived 😔
@@TrevorMoses312 Thanks for clarifying.
Dutch born and living in Australia for over 50 years. Pleasantly surprised I have not much of a problem understanding this movie.
What a lovely movie. My mother was Afrikaans from the farm. My dad although born in South Africa, was from English decent. My grandfather, mom's dad insisted I attend an Afrikaans school. I spent 12 years in an Afrikaans school. Spoke Afrikaans to my mom, English to my dad. Would have been nice if they had this movie with subs for those not understanding Afrikaans.
Ek het die fliek baie geniet. My oupa het my baie stories vertel van die Boere oorlog. Sal dit nooit vergeet nie. Ek is lief vir my land Suid Afrika.
HOW THE F&CK IS THIS MOVIE LOVELY TO YOU, THE BRITISH LOST!
HOW THE F&CK IS THIS MOVIE LOVELY TO YOU, THE BRITISH LOST
@@CossackMogger Dat is nou precies waarom het een lovely movie is! En na Brexit zijn we helemaal van jullie af!
@@henryvanraaij9267 nu mogen wij dit weer laten zien op de middelbare school.
i too had the same. i was born in klerksdorp. my dad was irish descent born in SA and my mom meiring very afrikaans. my brother and i were sent to english schools but i spoke afrikaans at home to all three. he was ashamed of being called an afrikaner vrot banana...children were cruel so he refused to speak afrikaans and told my mom to never speak afrikaans at the school. I now live in wakkerstroom mpumalanga and there is an anglo boer war cemetery here and they have a reenactment of the anglo boer war
1968? wow respect to those who made this movie. Its better than some of the things we see today
Als Nederlander blijf ik maar denken: “De taal klinkt compleet anders, maar toch begrijp ik alles. Mooie film!
Hahahahahhaa prc dit
Tog sê die mense ons is nie welkom hier nie...
Our 1st Nobel sounded more
Sorry.
Our furt Nobel sounds like you but but the 2 word of the is Africaams
Eindelijk een video waar nog netjes en correct Afrikaans en Nederlands wordt gesproken!
Wonderfull movie. And not biased movie. The British soldiers is also decent people.
Not the British leaders they where criminals !!!!!
long live boere, regards from the argentine patagonia
I just watched Boers at the end of the World last week. In the movie I saw that there is a memorial with the surnames of a the families, I was glad to see Swanepoel on there. In the movie I could also see that people came from the Karoo town next to my hometown De Aar. Pues ahora vivo en España y soy un versión nuevo como vosotros, me fue de allí have 16 años para ir a Londres, allí conoció mi mujer y ahora vivo en Málaga. Tengo un amigo de Córdoba en Argentina y hablamos mucho sobre los Boers de Patagonia. Mi encanta vuestro historia!
@@perodenero dear tokolos, i lived in rodhesia in the 70s, selous scouts vet. my first love was a boere girl. my hart will always have some orange. ahora vivo cerca de los boeres de la patagonia, unos 700 kms, que tiene una superficie cuatro veces mas grande que españa. en estas soledades es posible ser libre todavia. afectuosos saludos
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Forgive me.... I wish there was English subtitles. Fun movie. Suprised that the victory was so one sided. Boers legacy is well earned with the name "Commando" now a main stay for "elite fighters."
The movie is even better than I suspected. Amazing!
Maar dit is wonderlik! Dankie vir hierdie unieke stuk geskiedenis!
Wauw dit is echt bijna Nederlands
Fantastic!, been looking for a copy of this film for years, can't understand a bloody word mind you, but many many thanks all the same!
Although the Boers have created the apartheid, I have a huge respect for them. They're magnificent fighters.
The funny thing is, I do understand this because of my knowlege of Hildesheimer Platt! I'm from southern Niedersachsen in Germany and our Platt sounds a bit like this. Only a bit. But it's enough to understand.
Afrikaans tho originally Dutch had large influences from German and French and some native to South Africa and some maylasian that where brought over as slaves over time it merged to bring you modern Afrikaans, that is currently merging with english to give you as whe call it here Kaaps or capes as it's mostly being mixed around the cape town area since the province that cape town is in the western cape had the most Afrikaans and English speakers.
I am Danish and have a fairly good knowledge of German. Thus I understand quite a lot.
my family used to live in newcastle when we emigrated from the uk in 1975. we used to go to the valley inn hotel and swim in the pool and my parents would have drinks, and some of this film was shot here.
I stand with the Boer folk
I have read the book the Hill of doves on which this film is based, Many of the parts are cut back in the film, its well worth the read.
The reason they are cut back is that the film lost almost a quarter of its' running time after its' initial cinema release. The film originally ran to almost three hours.
bedankt voor het uploaden
The Boers treated English prisoners a lot better than the reverse.
@emosh73 you - bob jan
Dit is interressant hoe die engelse almal altyd uitmoor, maar ander nasies het na die Engelse gewondes omgesien. DieZulu het ook gegaan vir uitmoor.
Die English mission was o murder all living if they could - they just had to find a valid reason. Creating new rules which they knew other nations will not follow and then it was time to murder. No Country is more known for vicious slaughters all over the world than the English - Remember most Americans are English of inheritance. Even the Maori in NZ looked after the wounded English men after battles.
Andre Van Schalkwyk Boet, ek is jammer maar u Klink soon u woon in die verby....
see lt. breaker moran
Quite a good production and a worthy retelling of the battle. Unfortunately I only understood a few Africaans words.
Die beeld is baie goed
Wow, the British had no idea how to fight this war. Marching around in red coats without scouting ahead or deploying skirmishers.
Any chance of putting in Subtitles? I love the boers but unfortunately cannot speak their language
i can create a subtitled version if there isnt one?
please mate would help out
I would greatly appreciate your effort.im Irish and am recently reading and watching a lot of Boer history.Thank you Samuel
same
@@sojnab1 Yes the irish and boers have similar history and the irish fought with the boers against the british
Just 50 years later, the empire which invaded South Africa collapsed.
It hadn't collapsed by 1931 (50 years after 1881). In fact it was more of a decades long decline rather than a real collapse. Bits of the empire got independence one at a time, with South Africa gaining independence in 1934, India getting independence in 1947, and with the last colony (Hong Kong) being transferred back to China in 1997 (I suppose there are still the Falkland islands, Bermuda, and a handful of other "British Overseas Territories" but it doesn't look like they will be breaking away anytime soon, so the fall of the British Empire is probably about done by now). So there really isn't a specific year where the British empire "collapsed". It just kind of slowly declined out of existence over the 20th century.
it went into decline
Verdraaid ben Hollander maar versta het prima. De boeren waren wel dapper !
Cheers from Canada. Baie Dankie!
Great movie! 👍
What a truly delightful language.
. . . Especially if it is not translated in Hindi or Telugu.
@@FlorinSutu do you mean dubbed?? That would be hilarious
@@braamies5339 - - I did not mean something special. I bet that I understand Afrikaner as much as you. The languages that we don't understand are "truly delightful".
I watched this in around 1972 in the cinema. Ek was toe heeltemal tweetalig (al was ek in die V.K. gebore), en het dit met klasmate gesien. I returned to the U.K. in 1976 and so this is the first time I've seen this film since then. The Afrikaans is that which I learnt, although I suspect that many young Afrikaners may struggle a bit, since this is the "egte suiwer taal"!
The glory time of SA movies!
heerlikheid vir die Afrikaner. Dapper soldate. Transvaal! !
Waar word daar enigsins na "afrikaner" in die film verwys. Daardie was Boere. Geen "afrikaner" het ooit in 'n Boere oorlog vir die Boere geveg nie. Daar was wel Kaapse Kolonie afrikaners wat vir die engelse geveg het.
Nicolaas Jordaan
As die Afrikaner Mans Vrouens net weer so kan saam staan soos daai tyd. Elkeen is mos vir hom/hul self vandag.....
Die enigste afriikaners (Kaaps Hollanders) wat in die Boere oorlog geveg het is die wat saam met die britte teen die Boere geveg het. Die "afrikaner" (soos de Klerk) het nog altyd die Boer verraai.
Dit was Boere (vry burgers) nie afrikaners nie.
Nicolaas Jordaan
de klerk is n GROOT boere (wit Afrikaans) VERAAIER!!! REGTE fer boetie
.....vertrou nooit een khaki nie...groeten uit Nederland!
from knowing Dutch I understand every single word
So your surname is honeymoon?
From knowing Afrikaans I understand every single word
@@Gidi66 lmao
@tacfoley wittebrood is the Afrikaans word for honeymoon
Thank you
Please Chris van der Leer I don't know the Afrikaans language but I know English, Spanish or Portuguese, but if you put subtitles you will allow many people in the world to know more about the history of this heroic African people, I already ate biltong in Europe and I loved it. we have something similar in Brazil that we popularly call (dried meat or beef jerky)
Towards the end the Boers littered the field with dead redcoats. Such an inspiration.
Wow, een oude Nederlandse Staten Bijbel op 6:15.
Based on the battle of Majuba Hill in the first Anglo-Farmers-war of 1881, the story of how a small, but determined Farmers regiment, the English forces stopped only in their first big advance to Pretoria.
When the British forces a warning of the farmers against fierce resistance at Bronkhorst Shoot ontag in Natal, is the English knocked down by the farmers may.
an Informative and pitiful look at the events that led to the battle of Majuba Hill.
They were Boers not Farmers, their occupations was mostly farmer but they were known worldwide as the Boers.
And we remain Boers to this day and forever. Proud Boers.
@@depotg Exactly, Farmers are English paesants, Boers cannot be farmers because they are not English.
@@depotg Boer means farmer , you should know that
@@peterrooke5336 I am actually trying to help you. Although farmer would translate to "boer" the term Boer (with a capital B) does NOT translate to farmer. The British came and waged war against the Boer Republics which was the Transvaal, Freestate and Natal Republics. All these people whatever their occupations refer to themselves as Boers. Take it from me as a Boer myself, I know what I am talking about.
Is there an English version? No captions available.
🇬🇧 we will remember our boys as well as those of the boers
fights of our forefathers, luckily we're not that distorted anymore, I guess...
Alguien sabría decirme si está película está también en español? Un saludo 👋
...Is there a version of this with subtitles?
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Someone konws how to add english or spanish subtitles to the part speak in afrikaans?
Tradução do cabeçalho; Com base na Batalha de Majuba na primeira Guerra Anglo-Boer de 1881, a história é contada de como um pequeno mas determinado regimento Boer parou as forças inglesas apenas em sua primeira grande marcha para Pretória.
Quando as forças britânicas desobedeceram a um aviso dos bôeres contra a resistência feroz em Bronkhorst Spruit, em Natal, os ingleses foram derrotados pela força bôer.
Um olhar perspicaz e compassivo sobre os eventos que levaram à Batalha de Majuba.
Battle of Majuba Hill
The Battle of Majuba Hill was the main battle of the First Boer War. It took place near Volksrust, South Africa, on February 27, 1881.
Although the battle was small, it was an important one in the story. It led to the signing of a peace treaty. The treaty was between the British and the Republic of South Africa. It ended the First Boer War. Also the fire and movement tactics used by the Boers were years ahead of their time. This battle and two previous battles convinced the British of the Boer strength. During the Second Anglo-Boer War, "Remember Majuba" became a rallying cry.
Some leading British historians say that this defeat marked the beginning of the decline of the British Empire.
@Davi MT O título per favor
The original running time of this film was 165 minutes: this is not the full version.
Where can one find the unredacted version?
@@StephenAR It was never archived unfortunately: MGM South Africa cut the prints and negatives down.
Too bad there aren't subtitles. I wish I knew what they were saying
Any chance of getting this movie on DVD?🤔🎬🎞️📽️🎥
'Mr. Hamilton' as seen in the scene of the battle of Majuba was then-lieutenant Ian Hamilton. He was shot in the wrist which left is left arm mostly useless for the rest of his life. After the battle he was released by the boers because he was not expected to survive. During the second boer war he would return and now a colonel notably led the main attack at the Battle of Elandslaagte. Here he rallied the British soldiers after a boer counterattack and drove them back. For this action he was recommended for the VC by Sir John French but authorities in London declined the award thinking Hamilton too senior. During WW1 he commanded the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. Very bad planning by Churchill and Kitchener, Hamilton maybe being more of a tactician instead of a strategist and a lot of others reasons made sure the Dardanelles campaign ended in disaster.
Mr Martin: So nice to read the comment of someone enlightened
Thank you
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Thanks to all with positive and balanced comment.
Очень интересный исторический фильм !
Great film !
Hello everyone peut-on trouver ce film en Français ou même en vostfr ? merci
. . . And is neither in English.
South African friend of origin please help the world know his heroic story put several subtitles be a great patriot´ you do not want to put in English put in Spanish or Portuguese
Soy Boer y vivo en España, no tengo suficiente nivel para traducir la película pero si puedo contar algunas cosas de mi gente si quieres
Can I find this movie with English dub or sub's?
has anyone subtitles?
1:05:32 The best part.
They mow down the cavalry
Ophou kyk 34:01 toe hul God se Naam ydlike gebruik!
How about that. From knowing German, Danish and English, I can kind of understand Afrikaans.
Marmocet because it's 1/2 dutch 1/2 English
Afrikaans is a germanic teutonic language very similar to Vlaams of Belgium with very little english in it. Most of the words that sounds english are actually derived from latin.
Dankie .. heeltemal waar.
@@depotg
It is not "similar to Flemish". There is no Flemish language. Only a Dutch language.
Flanders is the DUTCH speaking region of Belgium. And Afrikaans is more similar to northern Dutch dialects than to southern dialects.
Please Sir, could you put subtitles at least in English? Thanks.
There is a version with subtitles for all the English out there: m.ua-cam.com/video/_kEFcuZeenM/v-deo.html
Plz Do add English subtitles.
Where to find this movie but in english
The film was filmed and released bilingually in Afrikaans and English.
Oh
Come on, no subtitles in English? That's not nice.
Is this the full version? Also, anywhere to get English subtitles?
No, the full version ran to almost three hours.
If you going to show a movie have in all English
The Afrikaners spoke their language and the English spoke theirs. The film was released at a time when Afrikaans was the dominant language in this country.
What would´ve been happened if the British commander wouldn't command a withdraw? In my opinion the Boers would have wiped out all the British Forces in this second battle.
jammer dat zuid Afrika die mooie vlag kwijt is. oranje blanje blue
Ja, ons nuwe regering haat enigiets wat sukses verteenwoordig. Ons Boere het nie die Britse vlag verbied nie, en ons het baie redes gehad om te doen. Die Boere het hulle eie trots. Sodra Afrika leer om die geskiedenis te eerbied, sal hulle toekoms beter wees. Sodra Afrika leer om op te bou en nie uit te brand nie, sal dit ook beter gaan.
@@Deontjie Die boere moes ook alle Engelse name, universiteit en standbeelde verwyder het.
@@andrevanschalkwyk7072 The British Empire has a rich history and heritage. The only reason the Afrikaners governed South Africa was because the Crown allowed them to, hence SA only becoming a Republic in 1962 I think it was. They would not of dared change the English names or removed the statues...too many English people to contend with. We are not the weaklings the Afrikaners, especially in this movie, perceive us to be. SA should of remained under British rule in my opinion.
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In 1988, a German book published how benevolent the White giant of Africa actually was. Below are some of the facts referencing 1988
In 1972, SA blacks owned 360,000 vehicles. (More than all the black African states together)
The monthly income of blacks per capita in 1988 was R352 per month in South Africa - Malawi and Mozambique was less than R20 per month.
In 1988 black people could undergo a complicated heart valve surgery for just more than $ 1 while black Americans had to pay $ 15,000. In a Pretoria hospital between 2,000 and 3,000 of these surgeries were done per year.
In 1970, black workers earned R1,751 million, or 25.5% of the total wage fees in SA and increased to R17,238 million in 1984 (1,000% growth) and 32.3% of total wages in SA.
In the 1986/1987 financial year, whites paid R9,000 million and blacks R171 million tax. Indians paid R257 million and coloreds paid R315 million on tax.
Between 1962 and 1972 the UN paid $ 298 million to underdeveloped countries compared to South Africa that spent $ 558 million on the development of its black areas.
The budget amount for black education increases every year from 1970 to almost 30% more than any other government department.
From 1955 to 1984 the number of black scholars increased from 35,000 to 1,096,000. In 1988 71% of the adult black population could read and write versus 47% in Kenya, 38% in Egypt and 34% in Nigeria. On average during the year 15 new classrooms per working day were built for black scholars.
In 1985 there were 42,000 black students enrolled at SA universities.
There were 5 black universities and 28 higher education institutions funded by the government.
Soweto with its population of 1.2 million had 5 modern stadiums versus Pretoria with its 600,000 whites who had three. Soweto had 365 schools versus Pretoria 229. In Soweto in 1978, there were 115 football fields, three rugby fields, 4 athletic tracks, 11 cricket fields, two golf courses, 47 tennis courts, 7 swimming pools, 5 bowling halls, 81 basketball fields, 39 children playgrounds and countless community halls, cinemas and clubhouses.
In Soweto in 1978, there were 300 churches, 365 schools, 2 technicons, 8 clinics, 63 kindergartens, 11 post offices and its own fruit and vegetable market.
The white government built a huge hospital Baragwanath 3,000 beds in Soweto. One of the largest and most modern hospitals in the world.
Its 23 operating theaters were equipped with the best equipment money can buy.
Here blacks were treated at a nominal cost of R2 for an unlimited period.
In 1982, no fewer than 898 heart surgeries were done here.
Next to the Baragwantha Hospital is the St. John-eye clinic, famous for the treatment of glaucoma, previous fix retinas, traumatic eye injuries and rare tropical diseases.
There were over 2,300 registered firms, 1,000 taxi operators and 50,000 car owners in Soweto.
Dr. Kenneth Walker, a Canadian physician, visited Soweto and made the following observations:
He saw several houses worth more than R100 000 with various BMW’s at the door.
Only 2% of homes are shacks with neat buildings with lawns. If he had to choose between the decaying apartments in New York, Detroit or Chicago than he would rather stay in Soweto.
He’d rather be very ill in Soweto as in some Canadian cities.
He says the city has more schools, churches, cars, taxis, and sports fields than any other independent African states.
In 1978 the South African government built a highly modern hospital MEDUNSA on the border of the independent state of Bophuthatswana at a cost of R70 million on 35 hectares. In this “city” there were living and sleeping facilities for male and female students.
Black doctors, dentists, veterinarians and para-medical staff were trained. It is the only specialized university of its kind in Africa and one of the few in the world financed by white taxpayers exclusively to benefit blacks. Almost all students who mainly came from the national homelands costs were taken care of by the government.
The practical training took place in the nearby Garankuwa Hospital farm where the whole range of human ailments is covered.
Garankuwa had the facilities for kidney transplants, isotopes units with specialized laboratories where 200 doctors were trained practically every year.
South Africa provided training for the airline personnel of Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zaire and the Comores.
In 1979, when the train traffic to the Malawian capital Lilongwe was interrupted by rebels, SA sent transport aircrafts with fuel drums to keep their economy going.
In 1986, 80,000 black businessmen from Africa visited Cape Town to finalize business deals.
South Africa provided the grain needs of its neighboring countries and wider. In 1980, Zambia received 250 000 tons of maize, Mozambique 150,000 tons maize and 50 000 tons of wheat, Kenya 128,000 tons maize and Zimbabwe 100 000 tons. Other countries that also received South African grain were Angola, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mauritius, Tanzania and Zaire.
At least 12 countries of Africa, according to the “Argus African News Service” were so dependent on SA grain that a total ban on imports and exports would have destroyed them economically.
About half of Lesotho’s male population worked in South Africa, about 146,000 in 1983, and earned R280,6 million which was about half of Lesotho’s treasury.
In the 1982/83 financial year SA budgeted R434 million for assistance to the independent neighboring states.
SA produced more electrical energy than Italy, as much crude steel as France, more wheat than Canada, more wool than the US, more wine than Greece and more fish than Great Britain.
South African trains ran on more rail lines than in West Germany, carried more passengers than Switzerland, have better punctuality record than Austria and exported car parts to 100 countries.
SA mines bore down to the depth of 3,480 meters and holds the record for the deepest vertical shaft at 2,498m deep into the hardest rock in the world.
They were accused by the world that they were a police state:
In SA 1.4 officers for every 1,000 people while the world is as follows: UK 2.2, Israel 3.5, New York 4.3, and Moscow 10 per 1000. In South Africa there were 16,292 white policemen versus 19 177 non-white.
They were accused of killing their political offenders:
In 1979-1980 there were no deaths in SA prisons. In the previous 10 years 37 died versus 274 in the same period in Wales and England.
They were accused that they payed starvation wages:
In 1974, the average monthly income of black workers in South Africa were $ 127 versus the $ 140 in the US, the richest country in the world.
They were accused that they locked up thousands of political prisoners:
In 1983, 127 such prisoners are confined in SA and 11 whose movements were limited. A further 32 were under house arrest.
Can you get this on dvd.
It was available on DVD until 2013.
Alguma dublagem em espanhol ou português
The guy above your comment asked if it is available in French, while I complained that is not available in English.
So the English have the same culture as the Zulu's? 23:26
How interesting.
Hahahahaaaa
White helmets are a bit of a give away?
Mooie schietschijf!
There are some pretty dramatic deaths in this film
Very interested, is there an English subtitled version?
Robert Gates УЧИ ЯЗЫК "АFRIKAANS LINGUA" !!!!
No unfortunately not.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS FILM
MAJUBA: MOUNTAIN OF THE DOVES.
English subtitles please.
Cheers!
I would like to have it in Spanish or English.
Interesting to see an Afrikaans film on the Boer war here, good take. The Boers of course, did a brilliant guerilla campaign but were ultimately going to be defeated
The Boers was only "defeated" in the 2nd Boer War when the brits had to resort to burning their farmsteads and torturing and murdering their woman and children in concentration camps. In normal warfare it was impossible for the brits to defeat the Boers.
This was the 1st (1899) Anglo war in South Africa ,,, it was during the 2nd (1899 - 1902 ) Anglo war that the commonwealth nations helped to win the war by placing woman and children into concentration camps.
The first Boer War 1880/81 ended with a Boer Victory as the British partitioned their South African holdings into four territories, two British, Cape and Natal, and two Boer Transvaal and The Free (Orange) State. The two Boer republics were completely landlocked so any trading had to go through one of the two British colonies. At the time the only valuable resource known was diamonds which the British took total possession of, Kimberly was in the Cape. Five years later gold was discovered in the Transvaal making it the major world holder of gold, thus part of the cause of the 2nd Boer War. During the 1st war the British used less than 15,000 troops, during the second around 475,000, making it their largest war to date, and the 3rd in their history after the two World Wars.
@@depotg How would it of been impossible to defeat the Boers in normal warfare? You think the English cannot fight? Look at their military track record going back to the 5th century....The British were and have always been a military people.
@@lordjesuschristisking6540 Dewald's answer is correct , he is not being antagonistic.
too bad the boers didnt have 95 mausers , must have been hard to get
I sincerely hope they all went back to the acting school and demanded a refund!
9 out 10.
Geskiedenis herhaal homself..nie altyd in dieselfde uitrusting nie......
Portuguese legend?
Индийское мыло.
Что буры, что англичане - одного поля ягоды. Пафосными лозунгами прикрывают меркантильное нутро.
really.really shows how stupid the officers were at that time most of them bought there ranks and had sod all exsperiance of battle and got there men killed.
Chris : Hats off to your ancestors from Wales, UK
For those who understand some Dutch, it's not too hard to understand, though their accent and prononciation would require time to adjust. Bad actors though.
Some of the comments here below are disgusting. Do you guys realize you are taking about human beings?
Some of your grand parents and the all world fought against tyranny and mass murders and other crimes, most of them based on racial superiority but not only, for 5 years. dozens of millions of lives were lost in that crusade for democracy and freedom, and yet some people still believe in that kind of ideas in the 21st century.
the only predator to the humain kind is the humain himself. I am 63yo now and I have always been proud that my father fought the Fascists in Abisinia. I don't like what I am reading guys. It makes me think to the years 1920-1930. It stings !
my uncle was in there
...but this took place 140 years ago ... must be a great-great-great uncle.
bass se gaat..
your antagonistic comment does not require an answer .... perhaps you should go and and chase more KhoiSan bushmen into the desert .. like your ancestors did.
@@tonyvanderhelm2934 o bua matere o polo
Coley should never have gone up the mountain there wàs no need he was supposed to be going to Pretoria not climbing mountains. Biller made the same mistake on spion kop . The reason the Brits didn't do so well in both wars was because they couldn't shoot . The Boers where expert marksmen having been raised with guns . The Brits hardly shot before taking the shilling .
There is another thing to remember. British military doctrine at the time placed an emphasis on taking and holding the high ground. However, when fighting with the Martini Henry rifles seen here, later with Lee Enfields and Mausers, that advantage is reduced to a point where it is no longer the deciding factor in a fight.
очень интересно но нихуя не понятно
So w t f happened now?
good battle scenes the rest is calvinistic propaganda and traitorous boer grannies
You forget the Dutch gigachad
boers