ACTUALITY. Long shot of President Kruger.

A long shot of Kruger leaving his residence to be driven off to the Volksraad. When the President has taken his place in the carriage, a footman closes the door, jumps up behind and the vehicle is driven away, while a bodyguard of mounted horsemen fall into place behind (48ft).

Note: Apparently filmed by Joe Rosenthal during his 1898 visit to South Africa, although Barnes credits Edgar Hyman as the camera operator.

Refs: John Barnes, Pioneers of the British Film (1988), p 203. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: Silent News Films: N.33. Warwick Trading Company cat. no. S.5115.