Durban, 22 March 1947. Cadets marching in front of the city hall
1947. Crowd waving to Royal family in open car.
Durban, 22 March 1947. Ex-servicemen march in front of the city hall
Durban, 22 March 1947. Royal family in open car in the city centre, past Stuttafords and OK Bazaars. Tram tracks and overhead cables
Durban, 22 March 1947. King George VI salutes ex-servicemen as they march past the dais in front of the city hall
1947. The Royal Train staged alongside non-electrified double main line.
1947. Food supplies being loaded into a refrigerator van of the Pilot Train.
1947. Food supplies being loaded into a refrigerator van of the Pilot Train.
1947. Chefs at work in the train galley.
Eshowe, 19 March 1947. Railways crew partaking in cricket game.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Aerial view of Church Square with white arch erected for the Royal Tour.
Swaziland, 25 March 1947. Royal family at parade.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Inspection of troops on Station Square.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Dignitaries on station platform awaiting the Royal Family.
Pretoria, 1 April 1947. Royal family in Daimler with large crowd in waiting.
Pretoria, 1 April 1947. M.O.T.H. welcome to the Royal family.
Standerton, 4 April 1947
Durban, 20 March 1947. Pilot Train at Stamford Hill aerodrome staging point and Royal Train with GEA Garratts No 4021 and No 4011 in charge
1947. Royal Train at staging point.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Royal and Pilot Trains at staging point
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Railway station.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Park Station showing the Gordon Leith sculpture and frieze.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. City street scene.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Street scene before Victoria Hotel.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. City street scene.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. City street scene.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. City street scene.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Royal Family at agricultural show.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. City lights.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. City street scene.
Kruger National Park, 27 March 1947. Wildebeest.
Kruger National Park, 27 March 1947. Hyenas.
Vryheid, 24 March 1947. Traditionally dressed group.
Nelspruit, 28 March 1947. Crowd looking at Royal Train
Maidstone, 20 March 1947. Railway station.
Germiston, 1947. SAR Class 15F No 3050, SAR Class 15F No 3052 and SAR Class 16CR No 796 which worked the White and Pilot Trains as empty stock.
1947. SAR Class 15F No 3050 with 15 men posing in veld.
Maidstone, 20 March 1947. Railway station.
East London, 3 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth greeted by dignitaries on station platform.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. SAR Class 15CA No 2840 pulling the Royal Train into the station. SAR Class 15CA No 2828 banking.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. King George VI inspecting troops on Station Square.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Royal family in motorcade.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Church Square crowd scene. Capitol Theatre sign
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Royal family in open car greeted by crowd as they enter a stadium.
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 visit to Iscor Recreation Ground.
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 in their dance routine.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth greeted by dignitaries including Prime Minister JC Smuts on the station platform.
1947. Post office engineer in the communications truck.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Floodlit buildings.
1947. Three SAR Class 1E's working the Royal Train - empty stock - between Pretoria and Germiston.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Royal family at race course.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Royal family at race course, horses racing past the grandstand.
Johannesburg, 1 April 1947. Queen Elizabeth and dignitaries admiring the champion bulls at agricultural show.
Pretoria, 31 March 1947. Investiture at Voortrekkerhoogte to present military honours to members of the Union Defence Force.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. City hall at night.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Railway station building at night.
Pretoria, 29 March 1947. Church Square at night.
Pietersburg, 3 April 1947.
Pietersburg, 3 April 1947.
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia, 7 April 1947. Opening of parliament.
1947. Relaxing in the lounge of the Pilot Train.
Wankie, Southern Rhodesia, 14 April 1947. The Royal Train drawn by two RR15s.
Rhodesia, April 1947. Two pipers saluting the Royal Train on station platform.
Hartley, Southern Rhodesia. Royal Train at station. RR Class 15 No 273 and 274.
Hartley, Rhodesia, 10 April 1947. Royal Train at station with crowd on platform.
Victoria Falls, Southern Rhodesia, 12 April 1947. Press corps on railway bridge.
Port Elizabeth, 26 February 1947. Garden party, hosted by the Mayor, in Victoria Park.
Port Elizabeth, 26 February 1947. Garden party, hosted by the Mayor, in Victoria Park.
Port Elizabeth, 26 February 1947. Garden party, hosted by the Mayor, in Victoria Park.
Port Elizabeth, 26 February 1947. Dignitaries waiting for the Royal family to disembark from the Royal Train.
East London, 3 March 1947. Guard of honour makes it way to its position at the opening ceremony of the Princess Elizabeth graving dock.
East London, 3 March 1947. Military band parade at the Princess Elizabeth graving dock.
East London, 3 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth inspecting the guard of honour at the naming of the Princess Elizabeth graving dock. Followed by F C Sturrock (South African Minister for Transport) on top hat and tails.
East London, 3 March 1947. Presentation of diamonds by Mrs F C Sturrock on behalf of the SAR Administration at the opening ceremony of the Princess Elizabeth graving dock.
East London, 1 March 1947. Mayoral party greeting the Royal family.
East London, 3 March 1947. Royal car bringing Princess Elizabeth to East London dock for the opening ceremony, her first solo royal engagement. '…rniture' sign on building. Sign on left 'Boundary of Railway and Harbour Property'.
East London, 1 March 1947. Officials being presented to the Royal Family on dais.
Cape Town, 17 February 1947. Lights of Cape Town from Table Mountain.
East London, March 1947. Royal Train on railway bridge between Blaney and East London. Motor cars in road waiting for train to pass over the bridge.
East London, 1 March 1947. Royal Train arrives at East Cambridge Station. SAR constables at attention.
1947. Royal family. King George VI saluting.
East London, 1 March 1947. Crowd awaiting in a field for Royal family arrival.
Transkei, 5 March 1947. Royal Train pulled by SAR Class 19D locomotives.
Alice 1 March 1947. Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe conducting his song 'Zweliyaduduma' to a mass choir of 3000 voices in Umtata, during the Royal Family visit.
East London, 3 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth with Minister of Transport FC Sturrock on their way to the unveiling of the monument at the opening of the Princess Elizabeth graving dock.
East London, 3 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth with Minister of Transport FC Sturrock on their way to the unveiling of the monument at the opening of the Princess Elizabeth graving dock.
East London, 3 March 1947. Princess Elizabeth and Minister of Transport FC Sturrock walk past crowds on way to unveiling of commemorative monument.
Alicedale district, 28 February 1947. SAR Class 19D's Nos. 2768 and 2750 pulling Pilot Train through Boesmanspoort. The leading carriage behind the tender of the second locomotive is the Post Office van.
East London, 3 March 1947. Frigate 'Transvaal' in the graving dock at the opening of the Princess Elizabeth graving dock.
1947. SAR technical staff working on top of Royal Train R1.
Eastern Cape, 1947. Two SAR Class 19D's with Royal Train.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. Motorcade and procession down city street.
Bloemfontein 7 March 1947. Royal party leaving the Raadsaal (town hall) in motor cavalcade.
Bloemfontein, 7 March 1947. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and digitaries.
