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AT LEAST 150 KILLED IN NIGERIA PLANE CRASH
A commercial airliner crashed into a densely populated neighbourhood in Nigeria's largest city Lagos on Sunday, killing all 153 people on board and others on the ground in the worst air disaster in nearly two decades for the troubled...
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Nigeria - Violence
Nigeria - A'math of attack by militants on police station
Bauchi - 26 July 2009
1. Wide of police station where attack is alleged to have taken place
2. Pan of suspected militants arrested by police
3. Debris and home made ammunition...
British Movietone
NIGERIANS REJOICE
There are some 500 Nigerian students working at McGill University, Montreal. Natural enough, if they found it hard to concentrate, when their country was receiving its independence, and more natural still, that when the moment came, they...
British Movietone
THE ROYAL NIGERIAN TOUR
On the Durbar ground at Kaduna, a model village faithfully reproduced the every day life of the people of the Northern Region. The Queen was delighted by the typical game being played by a cheerful bunch of youngsters. Meanwhile the Duke...
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THE ROYAL NIGERIAN TOUR
Kano, the ancient walled city of the Northern Region, gave the final welcome to Her Majesty and the Duke as they made their last ceremonial drive of the tour. That evening at the Airport the Queen ended her visit to Nigeria. Disclaimer:...
British Movietone
HIGHLIGHTS OF 1956
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CAN703 FAJUYI AT IBADAN FOLLOWING COUP
The current situation in the Western Region of Nigeria is shown following on from the military coup. The damage done to the Democratic Party Building and the residence of the murdered Premier of the Western region Chief Samuel Akintola...
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CAN703 CROWD PRAYING ON FIELD NEAR LAGOS WHERE BODY OF KILLED PRIME MINISTER BALEWA IS FOUND
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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CAN 536 TRADITIONAL EYO PERFORMERS CLASH WITH POLICE IN LAGOS
Native Nigerian Eyo actors in tradional tribal play, clash with police resulting in 59 arrests
1. top shot, Eyo players, heads and bodies covered in white sheets, dance in street with crowds
2. cu Eyo players act out scene
3. cu Eyo...
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CAN766 EFFECT OF FOOD BAN IN NIGERIA
The Nigerian Government bans food reports following drastic rise in prices and shortages of food supplies.
1. ws entrance to the Nigeria Ports Authority - Port of Lagos Apapa Quays pan to loaded trucks
2. ms bags of food on the...
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CAN859 INQUIRY OPENS INTO DISPUTED NIGERIAN ELECTIONS
Enquiry into the disputed Nigerian western region elections opens in Ibdan.
1. ws exterior government building
2. ms signboard "Welcome to Western Nigeria"
3. ms police marching
4. ms chairman of the commission speaking
5. cu...
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SYND 4 9 68 ARMY OFFICER EXECUTED
Nigerian army officer, gives press conference before the execution of another officer
1. ms officer takes his place at table
2. cutaway to journalist
3. cu officer speaking (mute)
4. cutaway to press taking notes
5. cu poster: Geriana...
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SYND 14 9 67 UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY U THANT MEETS GENERAL GOWON
Secretary General of the United Nations, U Thant meets federal head of state General Gowon in Lagos en route for the Kinshasa OAU (Organisation of African Unity) Conference.
1. ws presidential residence
2. ms guards
3. ws U Thant car...
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CAN475 DEMONSTRATIONS OF STUDENTS IN LAGOS MEET POLICE RESISTANCE AND HARASSMENT
Police used batons and tear gas against battling students in Lagos for the second consecutive day.
1. ms shots of students outside university with placards and chalkboards with writing, warnings
2. cu notice on chalkboard 'University...
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SYND 22 6 68 SHEPHERD GOWAN TALKS
The Nigerian President Yakubu Gowan meets Shepherd for talks.
1. vs of Shepherd out of car and greeted by Gowan
2. vs of the two men tlaking and entering another room
3. vs of the men around a conference table
4. ws of the gate to the...