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Stan Hannan Rhodesia Unafraid Collection
Descriptive Summary | |
| Title: Stan Hannan Rhodesia Unafraid Collection | |
| Creator: Hannan, Stan, 1945- | |
| Inclusive Dates: 1976-1978 | |
| Language(s): English | |
| Extent: 4 item(s) | |
| Collection Number: RBRL232SHR | |
| Repository: Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies | |
| Abstract: This collection includes A Chaplain's Story and Rhodesia Unafraid, two films produced between 1976 and 1978 by Stan Hannan, an officer in the Rhodesian Army Chaplain Corps. A Chaplain's Story was an attempt to improve the image of the army chaplains among other soldiers in the Rhodesian Army. Hannan followed up A Chaplain's Story with Rhodesia Unafraid, produced at the bequest of the Rhodesian Army as part of a larger propaganda effort to garner support for the Rhodesian government. | |
Collection Description
Biographical Note
Stan Hannan was born in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1945, and grew up in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). When Ian Smith's government declared independence from Britain in 1965 (the U.D.I. – Unilateral Declaration of Independence), Hannan was in the Police Anti-Terrorist Unit, spending his mandatory national service patrolling the borders of Rhodesia against increasing unrest during the early stages of the Rhodesian Bush War. Upon leaving the service in 1967 Hannan married and entered into various business enterprises, including managing the South African folk rock group Four Jacks and a Jill. In 1974 he underwent a religious conversion to Christianity, and the following year was accepted in the Rhodesian Army Chaplain Corps. It was during this time that Hannan produced "A Chaplain's Story" and "Rhodesia Unafraid." After visiting America in the early 1980s, Stan Hannan and his family made the decision to emigrate to the United States, which they did in 1985, obtaining citizenship in 1991.
Scope and Content
This collection includes A Chaplain's Story and Rhodesia Unafraid, two films produced between 1976 and 1978 by Stan Hannan, an officer in the Rhodesian Army Chaplain Corps. Hannan created A Chaplain's Tale as PR move to improve the image of the army chaplains among the other soldiers. After Hannan's A Chaplain's Story was shown on Rhodesian television in 1976, the Rhodesian Army asked him to produce a follow-up, in color, that could be shown internationally to help garner support for the Rhodesian government's cause in the Rhodesian Bush War (also known as the Zimbabwe War of Liberation or the Second Chimurenga). The resulting twenty-minute film, "Rhodesia Unafraid" was the result of a larger propaganda effort known as Operation Springboard.
Organization and Arrangement
Stan Hannan Rhodesia Unafraid Collection is arranged by format.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Though the collection is open for research, reference copies of the audiovisual recordings are available upon request. Research requests will be filled as soon as possible and will be dependent upon the condition of the recordings.
Preferred Citation
Stan Hannan Rhodesia Unafraid Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
Copyright Information
It is the particular responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission to reproduce material for publication. Persons wishing to reproduce materials in the Russell Library collections should consult the Director. Reproduction or quotation of any item must contain a complete citation to the original.
Finding Aid Publication
Finding aid prepared on: 2011.
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