Royal Natal National Park, Drakensberg, 14 to 16 March 1947. Women sitting on lawn selling woven baskets and mats.
1947. Train staff loading bottles from crate into train.
1947. Catering staff loading Pilot Train's dining car 'Kaaiman'.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Royal family on dais.
Eshow, 19 March 1947. Traditional dancers, some with cheetah skins greeting Royal family seated in a thatched open-sided structure.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Royal family in open car leaving.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Queen Elizabeth and King George VI standing up in open Daimler to greet the crowd in a field
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Traditional Zulu dancing for the Royal family.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Crowd scene at Greyville Race Course
Durban, 22 March 1947. Kings Park station
Durban, 22 March 1947. Marching band in front of the city hall
Durban, 22 March 1947. Cadets marching in front of the city hall
Durban, 22 March 1947. Ex-servicemen march in front of the city hall
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Railway crew partaking in cricket game.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family at Curries Fountain
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family at Curries Fountain
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family leaving the dais at Curries Fountain
Durban, 22 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth receiving flowers from young Indian girl at Curries Fountain
1947. Royal Train with three SAR Class electric locomotives on non-electrified line.
1947. Food supplies being loaded into a refrigerator van of the Pilot Train.
Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Royal family in open Daimler.
1947. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth alighting from Royal Train.
Harrismith, 13 March 1947. Crowd waiting for Royal family.
1947. Royal family arrive at the station.
1947. Royal train at a staging point.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Aerial view of Church Square with cenotaph and white arch erected for the Royal Tour.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Aerial view of Church Square with cenotaph and white arch erected for the Royal Tour.
Ermelo district, 26 March 1947. Buhrmanskop staging point.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Royal party being cheered as they enter stadium.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. King George VI and Princess Elizabeth among the crowd.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Royal family inspect the guard of honour.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Royal family at parade.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Paramount Chief and Royal family inspect guard of honour.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Royal family on dais.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. King George VI with Paramount Chief Sobhuza II.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Royal family prepares to leave the stadium.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Royal family arrives at the stadium.
Pretoria, 1 April 1947. Crowds in stadium awaiting arrival of the Royal family.
Ermelo, 26 March 1947. Crowd waiting outside public building.
Natal, March 1947. Royal Train and Pilot Train pulled by SAR Class GEA Garratts on Tugela bridge.
Natal, March 1947. Royal Train with SAR Class GEA Garratts on Tugela Bridge.
Natal, March 1947. SAR Class GL Garratt No 2352 working the Royal Train in the Glencoe - Vryheid section.
1947. SAR Class with Royal Train passing small crowd and vehicles in open veld.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. King George VI inspecting Scottish regiment in front of the city hall.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Motorcade in city centre.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. City street scene.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Traditionally dressed women.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Traditionally dressed warrior.
Nelspruit, 28 March 1947. Traditional dancers
Nelspruit, 28 March 1947. Traditional dancers
Nelspruit, 28 March 1947. Farewell from traditional dancers.
1947. SAR Class 15F No 3050 with four men posing in veld.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Statue of Paul Kruger outside the station
East London, 3 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock.
East London, 3 March 1947. Group of men before the CGR station building, built in 1880.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Railway policemen on station alongside Pilot Train.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Cadets / school boys doing synchronised exercises in sports field.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. SAR Class GL Garratt No 2352 working the Royal Train.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. King George VI alighting from Royal Train.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Royal family greeting dignitaries on the platform at Vryheid station.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Motorcade leaving the station.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Church Square crowd scene. Capitol Theatre sign.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Royal family visit to Iscor Recreation Ground.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Royal family visit to Loftus Versveld sport stadium.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Royal family visit to Loftus Versveld sport stadium.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Royal family for drumhead service at Voortrekkerhoogte.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Royal family for drumhead service at Voortrekkerhoogte.
Nelspruit, 28 March 1947. Traditional dancers salute the Royal Train.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Royal family for drumhead service at Voortrekkerhoogte.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Church Square.
1947. Post office trucks with HPK / GPO sign.
1947. Pilot Train post office.
1947. Post office engineer in the communications truck.
Nelspruit district, 28 March 1947. Westaffin railway siding.
1947. Station garden.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Railway police waiting on station platform.
1947. Generator station platform linked to Pilot Train.
Johannesburg, 5 April 1947. Mining headgear and waiting crowd at Rand Gold Mine..
Johannesburg, 5 April 1947. Mining headgear and waiting crowd at Rand Gold Mine..
Johannesburg, 5 April 1947. Mining headgear and waiting crowd at Rand Gold Mine..
1947. Floodlit city hall.
1947. Floodlit decoration of a crown.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Royal party seated on the balcony overlooking show judging ring at agricultural show.
Krugersdorp, 2 April 1947. Royal family on the first floor balcony of the town hall being greeted by the crowd.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Investiture at Voortrekkerhoogte to present military honours to members of the Union Defence Force.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Investiture at Voortrekkerhoogte to present military honours to members of the Union Defence Force.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Investiture at Voortrekkerhoogte to present military honours to members of the Union Defence Force.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Church Square at night.
Pretoria, 1 April 1947. Church Square at night.
Krugersdorp, 2 April 1947.
Rhodesia, 8 to 15 April 1947. Pilot Train.
Bechuanaland, 17 April 1947. Chief Tshekedi, New York Times reporter and another.
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 7 April 1947. Arrival of Royal party at aerodrome in Vickers Viking VL246.
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 7 April 1947. Arrival of Royal party at aerodrome in Vickers Viking VL247.
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 7 April 1947. Opening of parliament.
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 7 April 1947. Opening of parliament.
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 8 April 1947. Native indaba.
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 8 April 1947. Native indaba.
Que Que, Southern Rhodesia, 10 April 1947. Welcoming of the Royal Family.
Que Que, Rhodesia, 10 April 1947. Welcoming of the Royal Family.
