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SYND 25 2 78 ELECTION CAMPAIGNING IN DAKAR
Meeting of the opposition Democratic Senegalese Party (PDS) party on the eve of the presidential and legislative elections. Leaders of the PDS, Abdoulaye Wade amd Fara Ndiaye addresse the meeting.
1. ws crowd and large banner
2. various...
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CAN710 CROWD PRAYING ON FIELD NEAR LAGOS WHERE BODY OF KILLED PRIME MINISTER BALEWA IS FOUND
Crowd gather for prayers on a field near Lagos where the bodies of murdered Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Finance Minister Festus Okotie-Eboh were found.
1. gv crowd by roadside
2. various of people in crowd looking...
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SYND 20 12 77 ANNUAL BANDAMA CAR RALLY IN IVORY COAST
Annual Bandama car rally in Ivory Coast.
1. various of cars speeding past camera
2. ms villagers applaud
3. gv car No 6 past check point
4. ms car No 3 at stop
5. ms oil check on car No 5 (winner Andrew Cowan and Johnstone Syer)
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SYND 27 6 78 WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR SCHMIDT VISITS GENERAL OBASANJO
West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Nigerian head of state General Olusegun Obasanjo met in Lagos on Tuesday (June 27th) to consider the crisis in Southern Africa, the north-south economic dialogue and trade relations between their...
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US President leaves Ghana for Monrovia, Liberia
1. Convoy driving on tarmac
2. Wide of plane, convoy in background
3. US president George W. Bush, wife Laura and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice farewelling officials
4. Bush and wife Laura walking up plane stairs, waving hands...
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UPITN 14 12 79 LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE DIAMA DAM IN SENEGAL
Ceremony of laying the foundation stone for the Diama Dam in Senegal.
1. gv desert, pan to crowd gathered for laying the foundation stone ceremony
2. ms woman dancing
3. ms people in audience looking on
4. mcu boy playing percussions
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Convoys of French reinforcements move towards combat zone
Segou
1. Various of French military convoy passing through Segou heading in direction of Marakala
2. Mid of men at side of road watching convoy of vehicles
3. Tracking shot of convoy
4. Wide of Malian military helicopter flying...
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SYND 28 2 78 ELECTIONS TAKE PLCE IN SENEGAL
Scenes in Dakar as voting takes place in the West African Republic of Senegal in the first multi-party elections in 12 years. President Leopold Senghor's United Socialist Party won at least 80 per cent of the 1.5 million votes, and is...
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ITALY: NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OBASANJO VISIT
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The president of Nigeria, General Olusegun Obasanjo, met Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi as part of a two day trip to Rome on Monday.
The Nigerian president was given a ceremonial greeting at the Presidential palace...
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UPITN 19 2 70 PRESIDENT BOKASSA OF THE CENTRAL AFICAN REPUBLIC ARRIVES IN GABON
President Jean Bedel Bokassa of the Central Afican Republic arrives in Gabon
1. cu President Albert Bongo of Gabon waiting
2. President Jean Bedel Bokassa of the Central Afican Republic, down plane steps and greeted by Bongo
3. Bokassa...
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Guinea - Evacuation of foreigners
US Marines launched their third airlift of foreigners since Karoma forces overthrew the country's civilian government. The helicopters took them to the USS Kearsage off shore, from there they were flown to Coakry in Guinea.
gvs airport;...
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CAN 077 SIERRA LEONE EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Scenes of a visit by Oxfam representative and fundraiser Stella Humphries to one of Sierra Leone's universities Fourahbay College in Freetown.
1. cu sign 'Fourahbay College 2 miles'
2. vs of Freetown and the college buildings
3. vs of...
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WRAP Demo by vendors, riot police, tear gas, arrest ADDS more unrest
1. Wide of street scene,
2. Pile of wooden crates and tyres on fire in the background
3. Various of people and fire on street
4. Pan of riot police running down street
5. Wide of debris, fires and people on street
6. Wide of police and...
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Former Liberian leader arrives for continuation of war crimes trial
Rotterdam
1. UN-chartered plane carrying former Liberian President Charles Taylor landing at Rotterdam airport
2. Wide of plane standing on runway through fence
3. Wide of Taylor and plain clothes policemen disembarking plane
4. Wide of...
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Interiors of ship abandoned by smugglers with hundreds of migrants aboard
The cargo vessel Ezadeen was being investigated at a port in southern Italy on Saturday, after being abandoned by smugglers with 359 people aboard.
The ship was towed to Corigliano Calabro after smugglers sent it speeding toward the...
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SYND 22 8 77 PRESIDENT KAUNDA ARRIVES FOR UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
President Kaunda of Zambia arriving at Lagos Airport for a United Nations-sponsored conference on apartheid. He was greeted by the Nigerian commissioner for external affairs, Brigadier Joe Garba, and Governor Kanu of Lagos, in naval...
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SIERRA LEONE: FREETOWN: FOREIGNERS URGED TO LEAVE
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Foreigners are being urged to leave Sierra Leone following increased violence and a wave of kidnappings by anti-government rebels.
The rebels four year old war against the government has taken a disturbing new turn in...
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LIB 23-1-74 EAST AFRICA SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CONFERENCE IN DAKAR, SENEGAL
East Africa scientific and technological conference in Dakar, Senegal.
1. gv exterior of conference hall
2. various of flags
3. various of delegates entering the conference hall
4. cu soldier with sabre in front of his face
5. various of...
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SYND 16 7 78 KING HASSAN MEETS MAURITANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
King Hassan met Cheikhna Mohamed Ould Laghdaf, the Foreign Minister of the new Mauritanian regime. The meeting took place in Rabat, where officials said the two had agreed Morocco and Mauritania should remain allies, presumably in their...
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SYND 28-6-69 AMERICAN RELIEF SHIP FOR BIAFRA HELD UP IN LAGOS HARBOUR
American relief ship for Biafra held up in Lagos Harbour.
1. gv ship in Lagos harbour
2. ms crewman onboard ship
3. ms life belt with ship's name "Dona Mercedes"
4. various of rain falling on tarpaulin
5. various of crewman asleep...
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CAN322 TEACHERS DEMONSTRATIONS IN LAGOS
Angry scenes as teachers demonstrate over pay, in Nigeria's capitol, Lagos
***date is approximate***
1. ms teachers march along street with placards, escorted by police
2. ms teachers march, ms placard: Teachers Build The Nation,...
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UGANDA: US PRESIDENT CLINTON VISIT UPDATE
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U-S President Clinton has begun his second day in Africa by meeting with Uganda's president.
Clinton sat down with Yoweri Museveni at his office in Kampala's State House Lodge.
He told reporters that the crowd that came out...
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SYND 23 9 78 FOURTH AFRICAN SOCIALIST PARTY CONFERENCE
The fourth meeting of the African Socialist Party was held in the international centre for dialogue, in Dakar, Senegal. Twelve delegations took part in the conference which aimed to set up a permanent socialist organisation in Africa....
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SYND 29 4 80 VARIOUS DIGNITARIES ARRIVE FOR OAU (ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY) CONFERENCE
Nigeria is this year's host nation for the summit meeting of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). Some twenty African heads of state had arrived in Lagos, including the presidents of Somalia, Cameroon, Kenya, Sudan, Senegal,...