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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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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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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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CAN698 INAUGURATION OF THE VOLTA RIVER DAM PROJECT
Ghanaian President Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah inaugurates the Volta River Dam project.
1. ws Akosombo Dam
2. ms crowd waiting for inauguration ceremony
3. mcu women waiting
4. cu woman
5. ms crowd watching ceremony
6. mcu Nkrumah giving...
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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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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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CAN751 INVESTIGATION INTO EX PRESIDENT NKRUMAH'S FINANCES BEGINS
Investigation into the finances of Former Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah begins . Scenes inside the courtroom.
1. ws exterior Accra high court.
2. coat of arms Ghana
3. cu sign
4. ms onlookers in court seated
5. ms four men...
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CAN802 CANADIAN FUNDED_TECHNICAL CENTRE OPENS IN ACCRA
A new Canadian Technical Center is opened in the Ghanain capital. The ceremony was attended by the Canadian politican Donald S. Macdonald and the Ghanain commissioner of police Anthony Deku.
1. ws pan technical centre
2. ws audience...
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CAN330 PROTEST MARCH AGAINST UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS
Demonstrations in Accra against university professors and students.
1. ws exterior university building
2. ms car with loud hailer passes along street, protestors carry placards
3. cu man in back of car talking animatedly into...
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ghana: mrs pat nixon in ghana:
uncut "pat nixon - ghana" shows: shot of mrs nixon seated with an african leader as a dancer dances in front of them and drummers beat the drums, other people dancing:
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CAN827 GERMAN DOCTOR TO BE EXTRADITED FROM GHANA TO WEST GERMANY TO FACE NAZI WAR CRIME CHARGES
The German physician Horst Schumann is to be extradited from Ghana to West Germany in order to face Nazi war crime charges. The extradition case was heard in Accra by the magistrate PV Osei.
1. ws pan exterior magistrates court
2. mcu...
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CAN748 US GIVES SUPPLIES TO GHANA
United States provides supplies of milk to Ghana and a gift of aircraft spares is given by Canada. Frank H. Williams, US ambassador to Ghana, was present as was Joseph Arthur Ankrah Head of State of Ghana.
1. ms Williams greets US crew...
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CAN966 AFTERMATH OF FAILED COUP IN ACCRA
A failed coup and the assassination of the Chief of Defence Staff Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka have both taken place in the Ghanaian capital of Accra. Protests are taking place outside the Army headquarters, against the perpetrators of the...
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CAN641 GUESTS ARE SEATED AT GHANAIAN STATE DINNER
International dignitaries attend a state dinner in Accra, Ghana hosted by President Kwame Nkrumah.
1.ms guest is seated at dinner table
2.cu Nkrumah
3. ws banquet hall
4. vs guests seated including those from Gambia, Algeria
5. ms...
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CAN929 ANKRAH UNVEILS MONUMENT IN ACCRA ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MILITARY RULE
Ghanaian Premier Major General Joseph Arthur Ankrah unveils a plaque on Accra's Independence Square and announces amnesties after celebrating the first anniversary of the ruling military regime. The Reverend Reginald Richard Roseveare...
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CAN641 GHANA'S AIR FORCE IS PUT ON SHOW DURING AIR DISPLAY
Ghana's Air Force is put on display during air show.
1. vs black women dancing
2. vs drummers playing enthusiastically
3. vs seated black dignitaries
4. ms white guests
5. ws plane flies overhead dropping parachutists
6. ws parachutists...
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CAN969 FUNERAL FOR CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF KILLED DURING FAILED COUP
Thousands attend the funeral of Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, the Chief of Defence Staff, killed by Lt. Moses Yeboah during the failed coup.
1. ws tilt down Roman Catholic Church
2. mcu officers saluting
3. ms clergy leave church
4. ms coffin...
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CAN545 COMMONWEALTH LEADERS ARRIVE FOR CONFERENCE ON RHODESIA
British commonwealth ministers, meeting on the situation, reported that discussions were overshadowed by Algerian events. Ghana President Kwame Nkrumah, India Premier Lal Bahadur Shastri, Tanzania President Julius Nyerere, Dr Milton...
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CAN738 GHANAIAN DELEGATION ARRIVES IN LAGOS ON GOODWILL MISSION TO NIGERIA
Delegation from Ghana in Lagos on a goodwill mission to Nigeria. The Ghanaian delegation included Chief Justice of Ghana Mr Edward Akufo-Addo, John Kobbin (Kobbina / Cobbina?) and Attorney General and Minister for Justice of Ghana Mr...
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CAN645 NASSER, NKRUMAH, TELLI AT OAU SUMMIT
Organisation of African Unity Summit Conference opens in Accra.
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1. ws delegates on platform, others seated in balcony above
2. mcu Gamal Abdel Nasser speaks to Diallo Telli (Guinea)
3. ms press on balcony, tilt...
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CAN977 AFTERMATH OF FAILED COUP IN ACCRA
A failed coup and the assassination of the Chief of Defence Staff Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka have both taken place in the Ghanaian capital of Accra. Protests are taking place outside the Army headquarters, against the perpetrators of the...
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CAN639 LEADERS VISIT DAM AFTER CONFERENCE ENDS
Visitors to the Organisation of African Unity Conference on Rhodesia, in Accra, visit the Akasombo Dam which was recently completed on the Volta River.
1. ws pan lake and dam
2. vs international delegates look at Dam
3. vs generating...
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CAN977 AFTERMATH OF FAILED COUP IN ACCRA
A failed coup and the assassination of the Chief of Defence Staff Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka have both taken place in the Ghanaian capital of Accra. Protests are taking place outside the Army headquarters, against the perpetrators of the...
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CAN913 ANKRAH OPENS TRADE FAIR EXHIBITION IN ACCRA
The Ghanaian head of state Joseph Arthur Ankrah opens International Trade Fair Exhibition in Accra.
1. vs ms Ankrah and party walk along
2. ms Ankrah takes seat in pavilion
3. mcu boy watching
4. cu military leader giving speech from...