The Trail-Blazers
Six films of early exploration, introduced from the Royal
Geographical Society by the pioneer polar explorer Duncan Carse.
Royal Safari to Africa (1925) EDWARD. PRINCE OF WALES, was one of the most travelled men in the world. By the time he was 30, he had toured
150,000 miles to be seen by the people of 45 countries, and had earned himself the title 'ambassador of Empire'.
In 1925, 11 years before his brief reign as king, the new government of South Africa threatened to withdraw from the Empire and set up a republic.
So Edward was sent on the most challenging mission of his career....
Accompanied for the first time by a film crew aboard the battle cruiser HMS
Repulse, the Prince's journey through southern Africa was also recorded for
Fleet Street in the daily despatches of a famous war correspondent, GEORGE WARD PRICE.
Narrator
Leonard Martin
Film editor DAVID LEE Producer CHRIS CARTER Series producer
RICHARD ROBINSON