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CAN724 SCENES OF ACCRA AND ITS OFFICIAL, MUNICIPAL, AND MONUMENTAL BUILDINGS
File film showing scenes of Accra, capital of 'insurgent' Ghana.
**Cuts of a0028947
1. has pan right city of Accra
2. ms statue of Kwame Nkrumah
3. mcu sign for 'Kwame Nkrumah Circle' and roundabout
4. ms fountain
5. ws Independence...
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CAN840 HEADQUARTERS OF GHANA ARMY
Flagstaff House, previously the Presidential Palace of first Ghanaian President Dr Kwame Nkrumah before the coup d'etat in February 1966, is restored to be the Headquarters of the Ghana Army. Head of State and Army, Lieutenant General...
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CAN703 CROWD PRAYING ON FIELD NEAR LAGOS WHERE BODY OF KILLED PRIME MINISTER BALEWA IS FOUND
syndicated story of z063247
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. mcu Newspaper, headline 'Balewa...
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CAN392 EURAFRICAN CONFERENCE
Scenes from the Eurafrican conference of Common Market and African countries opens in Dakar. The President of Sengal Leopold Sedar Senghor and Senegalese politicians Lamine Gueye and Belgian politician Jean Duvieusart
1. ws of entrance...
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SYND 15 8 68 BIAFRAN PRISONERS OF WAR HELD IN LAGOS
News reporters vist Biafran prisoners of war in Kirikiri prison in Lagos
1. ms entrance to Kirikiri prison
2. ms journalists walking to prisons
3. ms Biafran prisoners pose for camera
4. cu regimantal shoulder badge. tilt up to cu...
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CAN 561 AFRICAN LEADERS VISIT FRENCH PRESIDENT IN PARIS
President of Togo Leon M'ba and President of Gabon Nicolas Grunitzky arrive at the Elysee Palace, France to be greeted by French PResident Charles de Gaulle and French Minister for Foreign Affairs Maurice Couve de Murville.
1. ws...
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CAN635 A FEW PEOPLE ARE IMPRISONED IN WEST NIGERIA AFTER ELECTION SCUFFLES
A few people are imprisoned in West Nigeria after election scuffles.
1. ws high angle pan across roofs of township
2. cu sign Ibadan
3. cu sign reading Polling Station
4. ms interior people hand over documents to officials sitting at...
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CAN640 GHANA'S CAPITAL PREPARED FOR OAU CONFERENCE
Ghana is hosting the latest Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Conference in its capital, Accra. Preparations are being made to welcome leaders of other African nations.
1. high angle pan over rooftops of Accra
2. mcu sign 'Kwame...
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CAN362 EMBASSIES CLOSE IN NIGERIA
Embassies in recently independant Nigeria leave the country.
1. ws road and palm trees
2. ms embassy gates
3. ms officials and police
4. cu policeman's arm with Nigerian flag and Nigeria Police Force emblem
5. ms truck being loaded
6. vs...
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CAN647 NIGERIA: AFTERMATH OF POLITICAL RIOTS IN LAGOS SUBURBS
An uneasy calm prevails in Western Nigeria after the violence of the past week. The ruling party won a landslide victory at the polls that triggered off opposition cries of "rigged elections." Scenes of armed troops patrolling the...
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CAN878 AFRO-EUROPEAN ECONOMIC CONFERENCE GETS UNDERWAY IN ABIDJAN
The Afro-European Economic Conference gets underway in Abidjan. It is attended by Conference President Lamine Gueye and the President of the European Parlaiment Alain Poher.
1. ms delegates arriving
2. ws interior conference room
3....
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CAN958 TWO-DAY COUNCIL COMES TO AN END IN LAGOS
Two-day council meeting in Lagos ends with reports that a formula to save the federation has been reached. The meeting was attended by the Nigerian Head of State Yakubu Gowon, the Governor of the Western Region Robert Adeyinka Adebayo,...
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SYND 24 9 68 DELEGATES OF AFRICAN NATIONS MEET FOR TALKS IN PARIS
Delegates from the African nations meet in Paris for talks.
1. ws exterior Ministry of Finance building
2. ws entrance, tilt down to people walking through gateway
3. vs African delegates arrive
4. ws interior delegates seated around...
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LIB 23-8-73 AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE ARRIVE IN GABON FOR 13TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE
President Albert Bongo of Gabon greets heads of African states, arriving at airport to celebrate Gabon's 13 years of independence
1. ms President Albert Bongo of Gabon, his wife, Marie Josephine (aka Patience Dabany) and party across...
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CAN852 HEADS OF STATES OF CAMEROON AND NIGERIA HOLD MEETING
Ahmadou Ahidjo, the First President of Cameroon, meets with Yakubu Gowon, Head of State of Nigeria to discuss peace plans in the region.
1. mcu sign: Lagos
2. ms flags flying
3. vs Generals and Gowon and Ahidjo being greeted and...
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News Item (08d1584a-be13-d6a3-0b10-35bddb69581f)
notes: print
location: niger, west africa
title: sahel drought
serviced date: 07/06/78
no: lnc 94593
date shot: recent
length: 72ft
seconds: 1:55
sound: mute
date of arrival:
film shows: bones of animals killed as...
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SYND 2 5 68 PRESIDENT OF TOGO VISIT
President Gnassingbe Eyadema of Togo arrives in Nigeria where he is met by President Yaukubu Gowon. The film includes Okoi Arikpo who will probably head the Nigerian delegation to the peace talks between Biafra and the Federal Government...
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CAN643 ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY SUMMIT CONFERENCE OPENS IN ACCRA
Organisation of African Unity (OAU) summit conference opens in Accra.
1. gv officials on platform
2. ms Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser talking to President of Ghana and Chairman of Organisation of African Unity Kwame Nkrumah
3....
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CAN731 FINAL MEETING OF THE OAU MINISTERIAL COUNCIL IN ADDIS ABABA BREAKS OVER GHANA
The final meeting of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Ministerial Council in Addis Ababa breaks up over the seating of the new government of Ghana delegation. The meeting was overseen by Foreign Minister of Ethiopia Mr Ketema...
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CAN574 PUBLIC TRANSPORT WORKERS CAUSE CHAOS IN LAGOS BY BLOCKADING MAIN ROAD.
Public transport workers cause chaos in Lagos by blockading main road.
1. ws and pan of troops and roadblock
2. ws high angle view as troops march along road
3. ms troops passing camera
4. ws crowds on street and on balconies and...
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CAN729 WHITE MEN AND WOMEN SPEAK ABOUT THE REMOVAL OF PRESIDENT NKRUMAH (?)
White men and women give their reactions about the ousting of President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah at a club in Accra (?).
1. ws car with an open boot
2. ws white men and women sit around tables outside a building
3. vs white men and women...
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SYND 5 7 67 A SHELLED ITALIAN SHIP DOCKS IN LAGOS FOR REPAIR
A shelled Italian ship docks in Lagos for repair.
1. gv ship at sea, zoom in to show it is shot from hole on another ship
2. gv ship at distance, through hole
3. ms hole, water dripping
4. various of shell holes on ship
5. gv ship
6. mcu...
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CAN880 ANKRAH SWEARS-IN CIVILIAN COMMISSIONERS
The Ghanaian National Liberation Council, whose chairman is the Head of State Joseph Arthur Ankrah, swears-in civilian commissioners as step to civilian rule.
1. ws exterior Parliament House, tilt up to Ghana flag
2. ms pan...
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CAN902 FUNERAL FOR ASSASINATED NIGERIAN HEAD OF STATE
A funeral is held for Major General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, the Nigerian Head of State assassinated during a coup in 1966. The funeral was attended by his widow, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu the Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria and Francis...