1971 Rhodesia in 60FPS / Zimbabwe in the 70's - British Pathé

[@josenadalessaunders3066]

I used to live and works for 6 months in Umtali (Rhodesia) in 1977, and will never forget my experience. So friendly people !

[@oriettoberti2501]

Rhodesia was the paradise in Africa

[@wl2977]

@@oriettoberti2501 only when under the British rules.

[@tightcamper]

@@wl2977 Rhodesia ceased to be under British rule in 1923.

[@wl2977]

@@tightcamperIn 1923, did they throw out all the government and law system built by the British people?

[@smorrisby]

@@wl2977 Actually Rhodesia was under Roman Dutch Law. It was self governing after '23.

[@victornogueira6528]

I am completely blown away by this. A real blast from the past especially because I found that I am actually in the video!!

[@trentweston8306]

Where are you in the video?

[@victornogueira6528]

@@trentweston8306 At 1 minute 20 seconds

[@_McCormickProductions]

​@@victornogueira6528 Are you one of the boys talking to each other? And if so, is the other boy your brother?

[@victornogueira6528]

@@_McCormickProductions yes

[@КолзакМикхаылов]

What was life like in Rhodesia? Did you fight in the army?

[@charlottewyttle1578]

How could it have been so beautiful then and awful now?

[@mouloudo]

Simple, white people became the minority

[@elfulano5884]

One word: Mugabe

[@keziedelprado7096]

Blacks dont know how to lead a nation. Look at Haiti. Its people are from African descent but are thousands of miles away. Same condition as occupied Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) maybe even worst. Its in black peoples genes to live that way. Animal instinct....

[@Blewis1488]

Quick Awnser: Blacks

[@petergerber1488]

Take a guess

[@valbeauregard5190]

Thank you for sharing.

[@garydurandt4260]

Used to drive the police patrol cars (B cars) around this city from 76-78, what a great time I had.

[@thesmithersy]

You're a hero of the BSAP.

[@Limosethe]

How was it as a cop in Rhodesia?! Did you make arrests?

[@garydurandt5737]

@@Limosethe Yes, just like most other cops in the world

[@Limosethe]

@@garydurandt5737 The intention of my question was to invite all his funny/crazy arrest stories

[@trentweston8306]

​@@garydurandt5737can you please tell us some stories from Rhodesia?

[@vickyv6645]

Looks better than the Zimbabwe today

[@MrSalbego]

No shit that place is a shit hole now.

[@lleweybyrne]

@ 2.00 A Citroën DS just casually parked up on the street. At that time this was the most technologically advanced production cars available in the world and cost twice as much as a top end Mercedes. And now…

[@macmcc3201]

My home for 10 yrs. Hillside Salisbury. Most beautiful country in the world. And very diverse in comparison to most other countries 😊 I miss Rhodesia 😢

[@dreamdiction]

"diversity" is an idea designed to make countries self-destruct, an ethnic mono-culture is the only sustainable and progressive nation state.

[@chuckymcchuckface8768]

I work alongside a Rhodesian guy here in Northern ireland. Great guy, I miss Rhodesia even though I'm irish born and bread. Hate today's world.

[@tai-hinpang3024]

Rhodesia will come back. God bless Rhodesia.

[@MichaelThompson-jq3zf]

No longer beautiful - sadly. Zim is depressingly arid, stark, with the buildings needing a coat of paint & the roads pitted with pot holes. The people look shabbily dressed & weather-beaten - matching the state of the sick country. How very very sad! 😔.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@tai-hinpang3024 how?

[@tightcamper]

Imagine comparing Rhodesia in the 70s to Ghana or Nigeria. What a joke!! Sadly the joke is now Zimbabwe.

[@windbuster]

Nigeria looked good back then in the 60s and 70s too

[@chrishenniker5944]

It’s now one of the fastest growing economies in the world, which I find quite pleasing.

[@Legionarivss]

So is India but it isn't much saying. India living conditions were on many points likely quite a lot better under the Mauryan empire, well over 2000 years ago in cities like Varanasi&Delhi. Up until 2014 most households didn't have toilets.

[@alexalston7428]

Orderliness, cleanliness and safety. Enough said.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

War, destruction and revolution. Wake up.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

There was war.

[@alexalston7428]

@@ayodejiolowokere1076 Only because of big power politics. Rhodesia should have been allowed to mature like say NZ.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@alexalston7428 and the Africans should have just waited.

[@alexalston7428]

@@ayodejiolowokere1076 Yes, a form of democracy guaranteeing the presence of the white minority's continued sharing of power would have kept their expertise and stability. The place is (unsurprisingly) ruled now by corrupt thugs. Don't worry, the Chinese will maybe re-establish something akin to law an order. They pay off the thug leadership and do as they please. Don't expect them to power share!

[@elfulano5884]

This video's resolution is so clear. It looks as though it had been shot only a few days ago.

[@Kalyopa]

Definitely not 1971, this could be late 77 or 79

[@matthewtorok-smith1967]

@@Kalyopa why do you think that?

[@stephenchappell7512]

@@Kalyopa Fashions say 71 defo not late 70's

[@kathrynradonich3982]

That’s the cool thing about film. If properly stored it can be scanned at much higher resolutions and you get detail that you couldn’t see with standard definition transfers.

[@andrewst9797]

Looks genuinely peaceful, happy, clean, tidy and prosperous back then But in hindsight, how fragile it was! Let that be a lesson for the West now.

[@Wasengenyie]

Pride and prejudice? The same would have been said of londinium 100 AD!

[@djharto4917]

It’s like Europe now, I was going to say slowly being destroyed but quickly being destroyed and replaced by…….

[@DasTubemeister]

The used to go to Rhodesia to see the ruins of Zimbabwe. Now they go to Zimbabwe to see the ruins of Rhodesia.

[@nuremberg119]

Is that bad?

[@lekevire]

@@nuremberg119 Yup.

[@nuremberg119]

@@lekevire Why is it?

[@BritishProductionsofficial]

@@nuremberg119Mugabe overthrew Rhodesia’s Government (from what I remember) and made it hyper inflated just to remake Zimbabwe. Please take what I said with a grain of salt since this is from memory.

[@westcountrypirate7504]

Ah home ................the good old days ........gone but not forgotten

[@Raq20]

Please educate me…. Why did people chose to get rid of British ruling when they managed to establish such a beautiful country It looks better than Poland looked is 60s I have been to Zimbabwe on 2019, it is so poor and so run down Gosh…

[@AbdirahmanIdris-ku9xm]

Because they treated the majority Africans as second class citizens

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

Most of it was actually extremely poor. There are wealthy parts of Zimbabwe today.

[@saulillustriousmakinami7737]

Pride

[@therubicon]

Communist terrorism under ZANU and lead by the blood thirsty Mugabe. Then the British and American governments refused support after the UDI or recognition. It lasted only as long as it did because of so many Vietnam war veterans who fought against the communists to keep people safe. But with Soviet industry on one side and no support on the other it was sabotaged on purpose as a sacrificial lamb for the Cold War.

[@Better_Clean_Than_Green]

Its sad to see a great country falling that down it was renamed to Zimbabwe..

[@terrifier_88]

It's terrifying that in a few decades we will watch the same videos, but about Europe, and wonder where everything went wrong

[@tadiwanashedzvairo5434]

i definitely don't think i would want to go abroad living this behind. Beautiful

[@salihplayer480p6]

everything is so clean, looks like a movie set

[@aphovasse]

I remember those days, I worked at Salisbury city hall.

[@djharto4917]

What year mate? Where did you end up?

[@trentweston8306]

Do you have any stories you could tell us?

[@SuperLuckao]

I travelled back to jo burg from a visit to Perth in 87. I had to spend s night in Harare. The customs guy st Harare airport called me a white birch and threw my passport to the floor. It was very terrible. My hotel in h estate was gross and I did not go out and walk on street.

[@moirapettifr7127]

We are going on a univ sponsored trip to Soutern Africa to Joburg, Cape Town and Botswana next spring and we are quite excited! However our tour group and organizers will not be including Zimbabwe. That's a lot of tourist money lost to a once beautiful country!

[@imperium5195]

This was before Zombie Apocalypse...

[@ourclassicmovies1929-es1jd]

DEPARTMENT STORES ELECTRICITY AND AIR CONDITIONING EVERYONE IS WELL DRESSED RUNNING WATER NO TRASH IN THE STREETS EVERYONE HAS JOBS NOW THEY HAVE BODIES DUMPED IN THE STREET THANKS MOOOO GAH BEEEE

[@conservative-proud]

Such an amazing country to grow up in !

[@Lillyonline-gv6sq]

Bring British in Zimbabwe

[@mrplumtreeandfamily9899]

Old days things where so beautiful

[@jeffg6008]

This tells you all you need to know. South Africa soon to follow 😞

[@mikerilling6515]

it was so clean back then plenty of petrol and diesel at the service stations. Grocery store shelves were fully stocked clean running water, electricity and air conditioning a stable currency a thriving economy wow I wonder what happened.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@mikerilling6515 none of this is true. Most people had no access to any of that.

[@arotogtech]

You didnt need to be a millionaire in rhodesia to live the lifestyle of a billionaire in the UK....

[@garynewman-louw1506]

looked quite different....and the country was working!!!!!

[@ukinee8812]

hmmm, i wonder what's happened to this beautiful civilized country

[@weqewqadsdasd]

@hinokamiwarudo5505 and Zimbabwe became a rich and prosperous country. The end!

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@ukinee8812 it was neither.

[@danielgrigg9501]

Salisbury?

[@dijobson1204]

Harare

[@meixo9083]

@@dijobson1204 salisbury

[@davegreenwood1663]

Its in a mess now. Wonder why?

[@alandarwin8450]

Still lovely people.

[@danielschauffer8216]

So orderly and peaceful! What could have been if reconciliation could have happened in some other way.

[@MsCaleb79]

How did everything turn out so bad?

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@MsCaleb79 unwillingness to compromise by the dominant minority.

[@mikerilling6515]

RHODESIA HAS BECOME ZIMMGHETTO

[@Mutukah]

It worked, it simply worked!

[@adolphdelatorre3102]

then robert mugabe came and the rest is history...

[@danrhinehart1134]

The white Rhodesians should just make a deal with the Chinese to manage it for them. Basically using their extensive local knowlege, management skills and a proven managment track record to manage the country, keep the locals in line, and maximize Chinese business profits. The advantage here would be when the locals start to act up and declare a "Chumaranga" the Rhodesians just call the PLA to keep order.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@danrhinehart1134 that's ridiculous. Maximize profits, how? And like the natives would ever stop fighting.

[@andrewthacker114]

Nice clip

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Black majority rule applied badly!

[@FreaKzero]

and then ... came socialism But hey they are all Trillionaires now

[@pantherakathecat4440]

They had working traffic lights.

[@mrplumtreeandfamily9899]

I did subscribe

[@gabrielmirov7819]

I can't forget my biutiful rodesia

[@ShodaiGojira-xn3xk]

If you told me this was in the US without context, I'd believe it..

[@a.a.3589]

You're telling me this worse than Zimbabwe?

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

@@a.a.3589 yes. People were ruled against their will.

[@QuoPaperPlane]

​@@ayodejiolowokere1076Well, natives had a darn site more than they have now but to pull off your nose to spite your face does seem the black thing to do!

[@MisterPolitical1]

Salisbury's better than Harare

[@freedommugabe4900]

Kare haagari ari kare

[@MavisMasuku-c5n]

Yes you can say that again, beautiful then and awful now. Shame seriously.

[@Lastpicaro77]

Nowadays Zimbabwe is a tribe state

[@LordDirus007]

Blacks were better off, in terms of Civil Rights, Job Opportunities, Income etc under the White Leadership. Zimbabwe was a mistake. If anything, they should have slowly integrated the Blacks into Leadership roles. Instead, they effectively took over and mass exodus of the Most Intelligent people happened

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

Your opinion doesn't matter. You're not from there. Incidentally though, blacks have a higher income per capita and more free movement. Everything you've stated is just straight nonsense.

[@Serjant96]

@@ayodejiolowokere1076 белые придумали весь прогресс, медицину и само понятие права человека.

[@ama8541]

Wow. This isn't SA.

[@byroncurrin227]

Mugabe deserves ALL the praise for destroying Rhodesia lol....

[@cherylmoss3632]

Oh yes...the world decided that Mugabe was better.

[@bruceday1960]

we dont want racists kick rocks

[@boristheviewbot6056]

​@@bruceday1960hope it was worth it

[@historiamilitaris5161]

@@bruceday1960yeah we do not want Mugabe.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

​@@historiamilitaris5161your opinion doesn't matter.

[@historiamilitaris5161]

@@ayodejiolowokere1076 says who? You? Really trust me I do not care.

[@jacobblessing4598]

Hmmm speechless Zimbabwe is beautiful

[@dorothymtetwa3844]

It was not anymore

[@Ben-uw8wx]

Mugabe fucked it up when it was Rhodesia it was beautiful

[@historiamilitaris5161]

Rhodesia, only Rhodesia

[@patrickcannell2258]

Thank you Britain for forcing this land into gangsters! You should have left Ian Smith alone!

[@homerfj1100]

I know he was in jail for a while but Mugabe's move to a Marxist state and the "dictatorship of the proletariat" brought today's Zimbabwe problems.

[@brianjenneson]

Gotta love all those white faces on the mannequins in the shops! In a country that must have been around 98% black! But it was such a wonderful place, of course! Especially if you were white!

[@phyrr2]

White is also just the base color of mannequins due to materials. It requires more as well as more money to make colored ones. Don't think too hard dude.

[@mattyallen3396]

Tell that to the 20k Matabele that Mugabe slaughtered after 1980

[@newsheed8007]

where is problem? your white as well, besides who do you think built all those skyscrapers, roads and brought in cars?

[@bruceday1960]

black labour you devil@@newsheed8007

[@potatoeskimos]

bro even in Asia mannequins are white. The reason is so you can tell how translucent a clothes is.

[@TheTenthLeper]

🐒

[@stoltmain123]

And now one big shit.

[@neotemper6914]

Clean place, well preserved. Remember the racism and Apartheid that existed in this place.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

Most of it didn't look like this.

[@youtubesangryopinionramble1465]

Remember: this was all built for the colonizer.

[@fuwa9616]

So? The problem was, in Rhodesia, it wasn't. The Anglos there actually INVITED the natives to live among them and believed that they could be "educated" into being good citizens at which point they will be granted voting rights. Thats why South Africa survived longer, they did built cities for themselves, but because it was more beautiful then what the natives could do, they moved to what they built, generating laws to separate from them, which is why SA survived longer, and why Canada and Australia survived even longer, but soon, they will meet the same fate because all three welcomed them in.

[@mh7a135]

​@@fuwa9616 Don't worry, he's brainwashed by the communists who lost their lands and destroyed such a beautiful country built by intelligent people.

[@bracedgod4505]

​@@fuwa9616 I would have integrated easily. "Wypipo" were alot kinder to me than "my people" were, and I see the cultural differences objectively unlike the wokensteins.

[@ayodejiolowokere1076]

​@@fuwa9616 push that back up your rear end.

[@thesmithersy]

For the benefit of blacks who were welcomed and encouraged to join in society.

[@Starsky1413]

Totally destroyed now

[@djharto4917]

By the usual suspects