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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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CAN558 MEETING OF COMMONWEALTH LEADERS HOSTED BY HAROLD WILSON
British Prime Minster Harold Wilson and his wife Mary receive Commonwealth leaders for a conference.
1. ms Mary Wilson welcomes Canadian Prime Minister Lestor Pearson and his wife Maryon
2. tracking ms Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur...
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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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SYND 13 6 67 GAMBIAN PRIME MINISTER ARRIVES IN DAKAR
Gambian Prime Minister, Dawda Jawara, arrives in Dakar for the meeting of the Sene Gambian ministerial committee
1. ms Prime Minister of the Gambia, Dawda Jawara down plane steps and greeted by Senegalese Foreign Minister, Doudou...
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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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CAN693 DAHOMEY FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH DE GAULLE IN PARIS
Foreign Minister of Dahomey (Benin) Emile Zinsou visits French President de Gaulle in Paris for talks about Dahomey military coup.
1. ws Elysee Palace
2. ms pan, Zinsou and aide walking up palace steps
3. ms Zinsou and aide stop at...
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CAN402 POLICE CLASHES WITH PROTESTERS IN LAGOS AS NIGERIA HOLDS FIRST GENERAL ELECTIONS
Police clashes with protesters in Lagos as Nigeria holds first general elections.
1. various of troops in Jeeps and trucks driving through city
2. ms clean election board, ready for results
3. various of boards with list of...
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CAN825 TORNADO CAUSES DAMAGE AT AIRPORT IN DAKAR
A 150 kilometre (km) per hour tornado battered Dakar, Senegal. It caused an estimated one million francs ($200,000) worth of damage. Film footage shows wrecked aeroplanes (airplanes) and a damaged airport hangar.
1. ws two people walk...
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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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CAN699 NIGERIAN CAPITAL IS QUIET AFTER ABORTIVE REVOLT
The Nigerian capital, quiet after an abortive revolt by dissident military officers.
1. ms Nigeria flag on pole, tilt down to building
2. ws soldier patrols street outside parliament
3. cu taxi, local women carry bundles and suitcases...
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SYND 24 11 67 OAU MEET IN ATTEMPT TO END THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR
African leaders of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) meet in attempt to end the Nigerian civil war
1. gv exterior conference building
2. cu sign: Nigerian Insititute of International Affairs
3. car pulls up, Major-General Yakubu...
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CAN850 CROWDS CHEER OBAFEMI AWOLOWO IN LAGOS
Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo is cheered by crowds after attending a constitutional conference in Lagos.
1. high angle ws crowd in street
2. mcu sign: Awolowo! We have confidence in your able leadership
3. ms signs, including one from...
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CAN953 ARRIVAL OF NEW MILITARY LEADER IN SIERRA LEONE - CUTS
Confusion reigns in Sierra Leone politics with the arrival of new military leader Colonel Andrew Juxon-Smith. Juxon Smith arrives inspects the troops in and meets with other military and civillian officials in Freetown.
1. ws troops...
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Further unrest onight; people flee city
Abidjan - 5 April 2011
1. Wide of long line of civilians fleeing along road with belongings, zoom in to some of them holding their hands up to show they are not armed
2. Various of civilians fleeing
3. Wide of Abidjan skyline
4. Wide...
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CAN618 COMMONWEALTH MEETING OF THE ECONOMIC CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL
The opening of the British Commonwealth Economic Consultative Council meeting at the Sheraton-Kingston Hotel. Delegates arrive.
1. ms delegates arriving
2. cu Edward Seaga, British Minister of Development and Welfare
3. vs Sir Clifford...
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CAN959 AFRICAN FINANCE MINISTERS IN FRANCE FOR CONFERENCE
A meeting of African Finance Ministers takes place in Paris. Those in attendance include Henri Konan Bedie of the Ivory Coast, Barcourgne Courmo of Niger and Bertin Borna of Dahomey. The French Finance Minister Michel Debre and M Chanel...
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Further unrest o'night; people flee city
Treichville, Abidjan - 4 April 2011
1. Various of large plume of smoke rising over city, fire burning, as French forces reportedly attack a Republican Guard base
Abidjan - 5 April 2011
2. Wide of bridge over lagoon
3. Various of...
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People flee their homes as post-election violence continues
25 February 2011
1. Tracking shot from moving vehicle of men, women and children walking along road carrying belongings, fleeing violence in Abobo district
24 February 2011
2. Various of people walking past camera
Heavy fighting in Ivory...
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SYND 5 10 63 CAN 3 FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE OF AFRICA GETS A NEW PLANE IN DENHAM
Flying doctor service of Africa gets a new plane in Denham, England after another plane was smashed in a crash in Northern Nigeria.
1. gv zoom in to mcu, map of Africa
2. cu Northern Nigeria on the map
3. gv wrecked "Flying Doctors"...
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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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Niger - Coup
Street scenes after coup d'etat
Niamey, 20 Feb 2010
1. Man selling newspapers as motorists drive past
2. Close up of yesterdays paper (19/02) Le Courrier with the headline reading in (French) "The end of Tandja regime." (referring to...
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CAN710 OIL AND PETROL LORRIES SHIPPED TO APAPA PORT IN LAGOS TO JOIN OIL LIFT OPERATION FOR ZAMBIA
Oil and petrol lorries shipped to Apapa port in Lagos to join oil lift operation for Zambia.
1. gv ship "Springbank" arriving to harbour
2. gv petrol trucks on board ship
3. ws harbour with ships lined up
4. ms pan along petrol truck...
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SYND 17 12 67 FILE FOOTAGE OF GENERAL SOGLO AS OFFICERS OVERTHROW HIS REGIME IN DAHOMEY
File footage of former president Hubert Maga in Cotonou and military leader Christophe Soglo during his visit to Paris as Soglo is overthrown by younger group of officers lead by Jean-Baptiste Hacheme.
1. ms Cotonou road sign
2. gv...