Newspaper clipping showing a scouting plane flying low over the Central Commissioner Street area on the way to observe the rebel stronghold at Fordsburg
Item
- Description
- Newspaper clipping showing a scouting plane flying low over the Central Commissioner Street area on the way to observe the rebel stronghold at Fordsburg. The caption below the photograph reads: "Bombed from the air: A notable feature of the Red Revolt on the Witwatersrand has been the fine work accomplished against the revolutionaries by the newly-established South African Air Force. The aeroplanes have been invaluable, both on a fighting force with bombs and Lewis guns, and as an intelligence arm. The picture shows a scouting 'plane flying low over the Central Commissioner Street area on the way to observe the rebel stronghold at Fordsburg.".
- Subject
- Fordsburg (Johannesburg, South Africa) -- History -- Photographs
- Witwatersrand (South Africa) -- History -- Photographs
- Rand Rebellion -- South Africa -- History -- Photographs
- Strikes and lockouts -- Gold mining -- South Africa -- History -- Photographs
- Revolutions -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century -- Photographs
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/37112
- Provenance
- Gold Fields Collection
- Type
- Image
- Genre
- Newspaper article
- Extent
- Newspaper cutting: 1 photo (mounted) 13.5 x 18.5 cm,jpg
- Format
- jpg
- Language
- English
- Location - Physical Location
- Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
- Location - Copy -- Shelf Locator
- PIC/A 2715_115
- useGuidelines
- In order to obtain a license for the use of any of the images apply to the Cory Library at cory@ru.ac.za
- Date
- 1922
- Item sets
- Gold Fields : Rand Rebellion 1922
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