Beautiful Rhodesia
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- čas přidán 4. 09. 2006
- A pieceful and friendly nation, not destroyed by international terrorism but by international politism. The scenes in this film are from mid seventies.
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I feel so privileged to have been born and raised in beautiful Rhodesia. I miss my home so much! Great memories. Thank you.
I miss it too!
My family and I left Rhodesia upon Mugabe's victory and moved to South Africa (1980).
We stayed there until 1999 when we moved to Israel, where we live, when things went totally out of control there
Hello, can you explain some more ? I always wanted to speak with a true Rhodesian
Rhodesia will always be in my heart. Zimbabwe will always be synonimous with the site near Fort Vic ZIMBABWE RUINS. A great country RHODESIA gone, lost but never forgotten. Indeed a paradise on earth.
It'll ALWAYS be Rhodesia, NEVER Zimbabwe
Rhodesia was super. !
Ian Smith made Rhodesia great !
ZanuPF made Zimbabwe Ruins !
Great comment
Had Ian Smith made a Rhodesia for both black and white there might never had been a Zanu PF. Few here would publicly acknowledge this but deep down you know this is fact. Also to prove a point, most of the "Rhodesia" in the video is the"white" Rhodesia which blacks could only part take as workers. Why did the video omit townships etc where all the black people were confined. I use the word confined because then, even if one had the money, was not allowed to live where the whites lives.
So let's be clear and at the very least let's acknowledge these facts. At the same time I acknowledge that Yes Zanu PF fcukd up Zimbabwe. If not for what I've said above, there wouldn't have been a Zanu PF.
Now take a minute and imagine what Rhodesia could have been like today if upon arrival, Cecil John and them had treated the natives fair and square, no racism no restrictions no nothing. If you can't even imagine this you're probably not any different.
Good day my people... Black White Indian Asian and every mixture of this combination!
@@4rgy11e7 There were no racism, only logical meritocracy. Most of the black in Africa poorly educated and cant be part of rule (Zimbabwe is direct example of that).
Would love to have a cuppa with a Rhodesian. On another note, it's quite terrifying that what happened there is slowly happening to the western world. Stay safe friends, love from Britannia.
Not slowly, quite rapidly. Most of London is already segregated by racial and religous lines and uninhabitable for white people ( I dont even mean british, just white).
@@SK-ko8dr Oh yes, London fell long ago.
@@SK-ko8dr lol. Such bull shit.
@@SK-ko8drIt's always about white people now i'nt?
long live the memory of Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia
Salisbury77 thanks for the upload mate great memories/footage of our once great nation , never get tired of listening to John Edmonds ............. ....
Born in wankie raised in bulawayo (City of Kings) , Matabeleland North ... Rhodie's never die ! ......
Greetings from New Zealand
Angus MacDougall my father was born in Salisbury. Greetings from Brasil
@@flaviolima1661 I'm not surprised as there were alot of Portuguese living there in Salisbury , Byo , Gwelo , Fort Victoria , esp Umtali . Alot of Portuguese came from Mozambique , Angola . ... Greetings from New Zealand 🇳🇿
@@angusewanmacdougall839 oh damn your that guy who commented also on BSAP video, how your mom used to sing the song to you or something right?
Rhodesia! Beautiful country!
Слава Богу що я найшов Українець! Слава Україні
I've read about Rhodesia just a few days ago and i was suprised! I couldn't even fancy that people can live in Africa soo good! Without famines and shortage of medicines and clear water! Rhodesia was like paradise among wars and disasters of Africa. And of course i admire Rhodesian army. They really were men among men!
Respect for Ian Smith and rhodesians which fought agains communism, colonialism and injustice.
With esteem and respect from Russia.
Rise O Voices Of Rhodesia
Bringing her your proud acclaim,
Grandly echoing through the mountains,
Rolling over far flung plain,
Roaring in the mighty rivers,
Joining in one grand refrain,
Ascending to the sunlit Heavens,
Telling of her honoured name!
I've watched this 100 times.
Me too and I don't tire of it. One day this country will rise up again.
MegaAv8or
101 times.
back then everything was so clean.. the streets
Watching this brings back a lot of good/bad memories of my childhood growing up in Fort Victoria (Masvingo) in the 70s during Bush war fighting the marxist communist criminals from across the border in mozambique & zambia .
Opening song , "SalisburyTown" was written/sung by legend , Bulawayo 's , Mr John Edmonds , known for his patriotic catchy folk songs .
Dankie vir die oplaai :)
Groete van Australie !!
So where were these Marxist criminal terrorist from,and what exactly did they want?Are there no Marxist criminal terrorist s when you now live?
Awwww yes how I miss my beloved "The City of Kings" Bulawayo , my birthplace my hometown . Was only 11yrs old when we all left back in 1981 , 12mths after Mugabe & his henchmen terrorists came in Power ...
Now my beloved RHODESHIA is a cest pool of Death-Destruction-Mayhem-Starvation and Arnachy !!!! ...
Let’s go I’ll whip on them for you
are you a real person? i see your comments under so many videos i'm starting to think you are a robot.
That looks like such an amazing place.
The comments at the end of the video are spot on. I notice that Sweden is mentioned. That must be why God has cursed it with Islam. I am British, but I got to see Bulawayo and the Vic Falls in 1974, just before it became too dangerous. The British government had the gall to ban British citizens from going there, but that didn't bother me. Rhodesia then was a paradise in Southern Africa that provided food for many nations in the region. Well done, ignorant British, for destroying it. At the top of the list of criminals is that poser, Wilson, with his fake Yorkshire accent. If only the Rhodesians could have held on, but when you have powerful Commie countries assisting terrorists, you are going to lose. Terrible tragedy.
Of course, it was beautyful, fertile, and modern, but, at the end of the day, it belongs to others, regardless of their ability to develop, you guys seems to ignore that, I am sorry that you guys are sad about it, but it is what it is.
Don’t be sad they are coming to the U.K. it is called poetic justice. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
50 years ago on 11th November 1965, we assumed our Sovereign Independence for the benefit of all Rhodesians (whatever ethnic background) & had nearly 15 glorious years against all odds. Our internal settlement was a World Beater & but we were betrayed and sold to ZanuPF by the Thatcher British Government which gave in to Commonwealth pressure.
Rhodesia was super !
+martin warne Our commonwealth abandoned our Rhodesian kith and kin in their hour of need, and I for one am disgusted, ashamed and eternally sorry for the actions of our own politicians at that time. We helped ruin a great country, and now all we can do to make up for it is offer Rhodesians a new home to help make up for the one we helped destroy.
+NZ Patriot Your comments gladden the heart of every Rhodesian in the world- we are truly grateful to know there are people like you out there with real values !
+NZ Patriot many a brave KIWI fought for Rhodesia and many KIWIS lived there AUSSIES and KIWIS were Rhodesias brothers
+Theafricanlakekayak Welcome comments- Good to know our friends are still there
During the civil war in the late 70s when Zanu/Zipra Marxist Terrorists couldn't match-it with our boys from the Rhodesian Security Forces ( eg: RhSAS , RLI , Sealous/Grey Scouts , RAR , BSAP , RhAF etc) in the bush , these murderers went for our cilivian population - planting bombs at Shopping Malls , Shot-down 2x civilian aircrafts (Air Rhodesia in 1978-79) killing raping torchering men-women-children and babies , black & white ........., I was just a kid at primary/high school student in Byo at that time ..... We left Byo in 83 via Kenya than emigrated to NZ .
Rhodesia is not forgotten. God bless her.
Even tho i was born in 1986 this video want's to make me cry what lovely country Rhodesia Was. And Now look at this once lovely land. :'(
If there ever was a Utopia on earth these pictures make old Rhodesia look like it. ❤
Everytime I watch Clips of Rhodesia it seem this land Was a big adventure Park. I would have given a lot to visit
God bless Rhodesia
At long last Bob the beast is gone! I hope your country will finally heal, rebuild, and reclaim its past stature. I commend you for the civil and peaceful manner that you demonstrated during this transition. Whether you identify as Rhodesian or Zimbabwean, I wish you well.
Born in Salsbury.
I loved the video. I grew up under one of the communist dictatorships in Eastern Europe. Rhodesia was built on the essence of freedom. Rhodesia will forever exist in the hearts of the free men. Thank-you for posting this amazing video.
Rhodesians will never die - we live on
What a lovely country was! Civil and developed but unfortunately the european polticians neither then, nor today, are capables to understand what black africans really are. The actual situation concerning the immigration in Europe or the conditions of white people in S.A. are the dramatic demonstrations. Thank's for sharing Salisbury 77, I was just a little child at the time before our return in Italy, but I've only beatiful memories of an enchanting country!
After all the blacks built nothing it was already there . I was not born yet but I bet they really lived a life and dam enjoyed it
What an amazing place with a stable currency a thriving economy, plenty of industry and agriculture, railroad schools, airports, hospitals, universities streets, plenty of electricity with air-conditioning safe, running water plenty of petrol at all the filling stations, fully stocked grocery store shelves no trash on the streets no graffiti on the buildings and then suddenly everything collapsed. I wonder what happened
Back in the early seventies we used to go to Rhodesia on holiday to see the Zimbabwe Ruins, now you can go to Zimbabwe & see the Rhodesian Ruins.
Population of Rhodesia in the 1970's - 5 million blacks, 250,000 whites.
Population today, 15 million blacks, 40,000 whites. Mugabe's triumph?
We live on
My grandma visited to Rhodesia in early 1960s before my mum gave birth (in England).
@DennyJohnny Beautiful!! I had the misfortune of speaking to an older black Zimbabwean who emigrated to the States near where I live who said that he misses home terribly. When I asked about Zimbabwe, he corrected me by saying "No, Rhodesia. In Zimbabwe, my family starved for their freedom. At least we could use soap and eat meat when in Rhodesia." I felt terrible. This man has been through so much... So have all Zimbabweans, white and black. This cannot continue. They deserve better.
@rhod5566 - thank you for your comment on Rhodesia, yes it was a wonderful country and many good men died trying to save it - I know - I lost many a friend in the forces. A little support from America and Britain would not have gone amiss - pity their liebral, limp wristed, namby pamby, do gooder politicians had to pander to the world - not a spine in any them.
i mic Rhodesia wat a beautiful country under Smith ,i have no love for this babarick monster we blacks we were more better under the rule this of smith only stupid blacks wil comment rubbish abt Rhodesia
Looks like a beautiful place!
Rhodesians, you make me proud! Forever with clear mind, strong hand and faith in Almighty God! Our race, race of travellers and builders, of soldiers and priests, of scholars and farmers, this is the salt on the earth! Keep going for better Africa and greetings!
The end says it all. Well the powers that be can take everything but they can never, ever erase the memories or the stupendous utopia we lived in peaceably black and white.
You mean you lived peacefully with your black servants, right?
No you asshat, everyone educated had voting rights, and everyone of all stripes had human rights to education and the benefits of the society. But I guess commies don't understand how blacks aren't enslaved to a party
The Youngest Rhodesian is ~35?
Beautiful ...
Would have loved to live here.
Dear folks of *RHODESIA* (and yes that is it's proper name!):
On behalf of the People of the United States, and myself as a child of Exiles, I wish to apologize to all of you that we only knew of what was going on from what we saw on TV, and whatever the Liberal-Bias in the Media had to say. Ours' was a really great country. One has only to look at the Cholera Outbreaks in *SALISBURY* (Harare), and the Monentary problems to see just how laughable *_Booba' Moogha-Boogha'_* has done as it's leader.
Thankfully now, people are seeing what mistakes we've made, what's been lost, and who's to blame. This coupled to our own problems, and glimpsing through lies in our own country as posed by both the media and the former occupier of the White House (referring to *Barry Soetoro* ; you knew him as his Alias: Barack Obama), is garnering support for all of you. I think, finally, at long last, the help and recognition, you so desperately needed then is finally on it's way!
Bless you all,
A concerned American. :D
Good night all....Thank you for that warm feeling everyone always gives me on this channel!! lol!
I'm not white and don't like the concept of colonies. But don't know how this white people make everything so neat and tidy and beautiful. All former colonial towns and cities were so beautiful and disciplined and now we've almost ruined everything. My grandma used to say, during british rule, they could fashion all their jwelleries publicly and openly in Kolkata (Calcutta) and even at late at night, a group of young women could come back home walking down the street. Streets were cleaned everyday, taxi drivers couldn't dare to refuse, postal services used to come twice daily. Those were the bygone days.
Happy Independence Day from an American who remembers!
My friend is Portuguese from Mozambique. He fought in the colonial army and talked about weapons going to Rhodesia from some famous port called Beira. Greetings to all Rhodesians sorry that France stood against your nation
From France.
thxs for the vid :)
Long live the great nation of Rhodesia! I feel fortunate to have been born and brought up in such a wonderful place with such wonderful people! Rhodies around the world hold your head up, we know the truth about everything concerning our once prosperous Country!
Long Live Rhodesia !!!
@OnyxianHeart
I got interested in some time back. It started out in reading about Rhodesian mine resistant vehicles and then it just ballooned from there!
Best time of my life
Groovy song!
@728427
I'm reminded of Yuvraj's Six Sixes off the English, and both the English team captain and bowler's expressions said it all....They were completely devastated....
Beautiful now I know why my dad wanted to go there in the BSAP
@OnyxianHeart
I see!! Well I kinda feel the same way myself. Would love to visit S. Africa one day for an extended vacation. You ought to check out Stellenbosch and the Wine Country.
Such rapid magnificence
Does anybody know of a Rhodesian tourist video in which they spend about a minute featuring the ruins of Great Zimbabwe? I can't find it anywhere I look. I would appreciate any help
Here's excellent footage of Great Zimbabwe (and of Rhodesia in general) czcams.com/video/BblzfJ5BySs/video.html
Makes you miss home.
It kills me that Rhodesia content has been on CZcams since the beginning.
that first song is my new favorite.
@728427 Hey there 728427!! How are you doing? Well there appears to be some party here in Beautiful Rhodesia. The only one missing out on all this fun is Zingy...lol!
@slogger07
''unless you have a nest''. I guess owing to your hair style courtesy of the barber shop you can see it perfectly?? lol!!
@MrZingy
I've gotta redouble my efforts on the Afrikaans..lol! I found some books here, so I should be able to resume my training/
So what makes you think that Asian cricket is slipping? Just curious...
@slogger07
Awesome!!!
Well I'm not in Cali anymore, but I hear it's' gotten pretty hot.
Haven't decided what I wanna do for the rest of the weekend....I'll have to see what comes up.
@MrDakodako
God bless....
@suryavajra The atmosphere has repeatedly referred to as "champagne air." I'm travelling to South Africa in the summer for vacation. I'm thinking about finding out for myself.
What's your take on the whole Muggerbe thing?
@suryavajra Awesome. My interest came from a variety of sources. I knew about Zimbabwe and Mugabe from high school when I was learning about South African history. I didn't discover much about Zimbabwe initially until I did some research into the origins of the Rhodes Scholarship. Pretty interesting stuff.
@He101A
He101A, that is interesting that you say that. Intriguing point. i'd like to hear you elaborate more on this....
@728427
hahaha!!! No probs!! I have one of those mechanical alarm clocks that would ring regardless of whether or not there's a power outage.
Though I hear that in this part of the country, it can get so cold in the winter that one of those sun beds would be really nice to have in the bedroom...lol!
Well good night to you 728427!
Oh, and I believe in the extensive R&D into alternative and green energy as well as getting into offshore drilling.
@slogger0
I can definitely feel the vibes...
@728427
LOL!!!! Awww man, you seriously made me laugh here...lol!!
Let's just hope that ''pickup stick''s isn't popular over there! haha!
@oder473
It's interesting to hear that! I'll have to do some more reading about them! How about the Etruscans then?? And the Mycenaeians??
@728427
awww...that's too bad! You were just like ''sorry kids, we're going back home'' LOL!!
Wow that is hilarious. I never would of imagined that! That is crazy.
@728427
Yeah, the peps!! I vaguely remember that commercial...lol!
@suryavajra Something very nice for the Matabele.
@Rhodesianity
No problems, Rhodesianity! Talk to you soon!! It's been great catching up with you again!
@suryavajra I will definitely be making my way around to all of the major centers of interest. i'm in the southern US. Mississippi, actually.
@728427
Hi 728427!! Top of the morning to you. Yeah, I managed to sleep despite the evil vibes sent my direction...haha!!
Cant wait to hear more from you. I'm going to do some research from my end. Would love to see what is brought out!!
@suryavajra No, I'm in central Mississippi, just the Southern United States. I'm actually near Jackson. And I'm a student at Millsaps, but I'm an avid Ole Miss fan. Where in the States are you?
@Animosity2UandU
Glad you found me here, Animosity! lol!
anyone got a list of the songs used in this video?
I know I'm 2 years too late but here ya go :
1) Salisbury Town czcams.com/video/zzAb-_tOm8c/video.html
2) Rhodesians Never Die czcams.com/video/41-dLH5YqeU/video.html
3) Rhodesians Of The World czcams.com/video/JhdnjIILRM4/video.html
@He101A
Any specific books you would recommend? The topic of money and its relationship to communism and fascism is something I have not done research in....
@suryavajra I wish. I am too young to have known Rhodesia in its heyday. I have met a few Zimbabweans and even a Rhodie who all say pretty much the same thing, though. That place had the trappings of perfection, but the lights were turned out and nobody could see it in the confusion.
@suryavajra Me, too. Imagine that, haha. So how'd you get into the Rhodesia thing?
@728427
HAHA!! That's good.....
I could just see Zingy and Slogger running the sprint for the nearest bathroom...lol!
@MrZingy
So now the story is that I wanna be anything else but that.
Real smooth there, old chap...hahaha!
@suryavajra
regions, happens to be a member of the Sikh community. PM Manmohan Singh who was the architect behind India's economic rise throughout the 1990s and the 2000s. So there's a lot of trust in the elderly, gentle and soft-spoken academic. .
@suryavajra Remember that heated interaction about infrastructure here about 3 years ago? Well.... I did what I set out to do. It took a little longer because it became bigger than what I anticipated, but dang, it worked!
@728427
That's definitely a possibility and you need kindling wood real quickly..lol!! Curious about Zambian cricket though, you would think they'd have a couple of teams around.
@slogger07
Well that is interersting, the dynamic between father and son. What did you say to him?
@728427
Well so far so good!! Just settling in here. The weather's been good so far, and everyone's pretty friendly here. Though the less pleasant thing is I have to battle a statistics class, which is not fun...haha!
@728427
What about Juffrou??
The paradise in Africa.
@He101A
Will do!!! I'll try to find it....
@728427
Nor problems with that my friend!!! We talk once in the morning at once at night. And when I forget to get in contact with her at any of these times, she gives me an earful...lol!!
Thanks for your friendship 728427, and your kind offer!! you've already done so much for me just by being here and talk with me!!
@MrZingy
So Zingy who's your favorite club side??
@MrZingy
I've heard of the ''Sepcial Relationship'' as I heard of the Lochness Monster, the Yeti and the Easter Bunny...lol!!!
@suryavajra
Well specifically the West Coast, currently living in the Mid West, what about you?
...oh, we looked back.........
@MrZingy
You know Zingy, I'm going to have to go out to the library and check out some cricket books so we can talk more!! haha!