Mar 27, 1936
10 min
Full-HD

The Jonker Diamond (1936)

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry Winston; and how it was cut by Lazarre Kaplan.

Category

Documentary Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Pete Smith

Narrator (voice)

Nat Carr

La Zarre Kaplan

John Hyams

Harry Winston

Hugh Marlowe

Younger Jonker

Louis Mason

Jacobus Jonker

Louis Natheaux

Crook Reading Newspaper

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