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ROYAL RHODESIAN TOUR
The Queen was at London Airport to see her mother off on a 6,000-mile flight to Salisbury. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's tour to the Rhodesias and Nyasaland was planned to last three weeks, and perhaps the most notable engagement of...
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COURT CIRCULAR
Her Majesty, touring Yorkshire, visited Catterick Camp. And during her inspection she received a smart salute from her cousin, the Duke of Kent. He's a subaltern in the Royal Scots Greys of which she is Colonel-in-Chief. Then to Rhodesia...
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QUEEN MOTHER'S ARRIVAL
To Salisbury - the capital of Southern Rhodesia, where the Queen Mother was welcomed to the Federation by the Acting Governor General. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
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AUTOMATION IN THE MINE
At the largest copper mine in Southern Rhodesia, electronics and automation are the keywords. Push-button proficiency for controlled copper production. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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CAN502 IAN SMITH OPENS TRADE FAIR IN BULAWAYO
Ian Smith inaugurates trade fair in Rhodesia.
1. ws grounds
2. ms Newspaper headlines on placards 'Kenya Spurns Red Arms' and 'Rhodesian Defiance Hopeless, -Wilson'
3. cu placard
4. ws parade, majorettes around arena. zoom in
5. ms...
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CAN675 KARIBA DAM OPENS
New Kariba Dam across the Zambezi river at the division between Rhodesia and Zambia
1. ws dam over river
2. ms sign 'Welcome to Zambia, the Friendly Country' pan right to dam
3. ms basin of dam tilt up to dam, electric power plant on top...
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CAN657 STUDENT DEMONSTRATION IN DAR ES SALAAM
Over 300 student protestors in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, call for Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia to be arrested or killed, and for prisoners Joshua Nkomo (Nkom), leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union, and...
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SYND 20 6 67 POLICE SEARCH FOR TERRORISTS
Rhodesian security forces set up a road blocks in the hunt for African terrorists from Zambia
1. travelling shot approaching check point on road
2. ms car stops
3. ms police question European driver
4. police sign on road block
5. black...
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CUTS 17 4 81 PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENCE
People decorating Salisbury with bunting etc, in preparation for the April 18th celebrations marking Zimbabwe's first year of Independence.
Cuts for story no. w011088
1. vs exterior City Hall dressed in bunting
2. ls exterior...
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CAN656 DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE RHODESIA HOUSE AS WILSON ANNOUNCES SANCTIONS
In the wake of Rhodesia's Unilateral Delcaration of Independence there was demonstration outside Rhodesia House on the Strand in London. There were a number of arrests. Harold Wilson seen leaving number 10 Downing Street.
1. mcu news...
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CAN777 POLICE SEARCHING FOR KILLERS OF WHITE COUPLE NEAR HARTLEY (CHEGUTU) IN RHODESIA
Police search rural area for killers of white farming couple near Hartley (Cheguty) Rhodesia.
1. various of the farmhouse where murders took place
2. cu bullet holes in wall
3. gv pan across bedroom
4. ms baby's cot with bullet hole...
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CAN638 ZIMBABWE AFRICAN PEOPLES' UNION CHICKEREMA SPEAKS WITH PRESS
James Robert Dambaza Chikerema, President of the Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe and member of the ZAPU speaks to press.
1. vs interior Chikerema speaking to reporters
2. vs cu Chikerema speaking
3. mcu journalists speaking
4. vs...
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CAN666 AFRICANS GO TO WORK DESPITE GENERAL STRIKE, PROTECTED BY POLICE
Police set up posts under threat of Rhodesian nationalists jeering Africans who work despite general strike call.
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1. has city pan left
2. cs sign with arrow 'Mpopoma Township'
3. ms [Zimbabwean] workers returning...
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ZIMBABWE: Pres Canaan Banana opens parliament
L29255 ZIMBABWE: Zimbabwean Pres Canaan Banana opens
the Second Session of the First Parliament.
ZIMBABWE Parade: Arrivals: Mounted troops: Banana arriving
Salisbury with wife, Janet: 21-gun salute: National...
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CAN769 RHODESIAN POLICE OFFICER SHOWING CAPTURED WEAPONS AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN SALISBURY
Rhodesian police officer showing captured weapons at British South Africa police headquarters in Salisbury (Harare).
1. gv building exterior
2. ms sign "British South Africa Police General Headquarters"
3. various of an officer showing...
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CUTS 25 6 81PRESIDENT CANAAN BANANA OPENS SECOND SESSION OF PARLIAMENT
Zimbabwean President Canaan Banana opens the Second Session of the First Parliament. Cuts for story: w011510
1. crowds on street, police line
2. motorcade and mounted police along road
3. cu Former Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith...
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CAN788 PORTUGAL DAY CELEBRATED IN RHODESIA
Celebrations are held at the Portuguese Embassy in Rhodesia for Portugal Day. The garden party is hosted by the Portuguese Ambassador? Guests at the celebration include the Prime Minister of Rhodesia Ian Smith and his wife Janet Smith...
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CAN655 ALL QUIET IN RHODESIAN CITY OF BULAWAYO
All quiet in Bulawayo Rhodesia's second city, the country's most important industrial centre - and the focus of the most effective internal opposition to the Ian Smith government's Unilateral Declaration of Independence so far.
1. cu...
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CAN706 THE SOUTH AFRICAN FRIENDS OF RHODESIA PETROL FUND
The South African 'Friends of Rhodesia' organization initiate scheme to send petrol to Rhodesia. One organiser of the scheme, Johan Cyler, is shown at a petrol station supporting the scheme.
1. vs ws ha streets in Johannesburg
2. ms car...
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CAN650 ROUNDUP OF RHODESIAN SITUATION AS UDI IS ABOUT TO BE SIGNED IN SALISBURY
Roundup of the Rhodesian situation as Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) of Rhodesia from United Kingdom is about to be signed in Salisbury (Harare).
1. mcu map of Southern Africa
2. cu map of Southern Rhodesia
3. ws...
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CAN659 WILSON AGREES RHODESIA UDI
The British government agree a Unilateral Declaration of Independence with Rhodesia.
1. ms newstand and paper says Rhodesia UDI official also people walking by
2. ws and tilt down people gathered in front of a building
3. ms sign on the...
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CAN598 RHODESIAN PREMIER IAN SMITH VISITS TROOPS ENGAGED IN MANOEUVRES AGAINST MYTHICAL INSURGENTS
Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith visits troops engaged in manoeuvres against mythical insurgents.
1. ms Smith enters camp
2. cu Smith and army officials
3. ms officer pointing out details on map
4. ms soldier looking on
5. ms pictures of...