Rare War Footage from The Boer War (1899) | War Archives

Rare footage! This montage is from the second Anglo-Boer War which was fought between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. It ended with the conversion of the Boer republics into British colonies.

Re-edit of Film ID 2287.04

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