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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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CAN802 AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE ARRIVE IN PARIS FOR TALKS
African heads of state arrive in Paris for talks on the creation of a new French-speaking community. Those shown arriving at Paris - Le Bourget Airport include the President of the Ivory Coast Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the President of...
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CAN694 COOMNWEALTH CONFERENCE VENUW READIED FOR DELEGATES
Nigeria prepares for the Commonwealth Conference as Delegates start arriving at Lagos airport.
1. ms sign Federal Palace Hotel
2. ws hotel
3. ws pan entrance and Nigerian guard
4. ms Nigerian police erecting barrier
5. vs car...
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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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France says two kidnapped nationals killed
1. Street scene, with traffic
2. Sign on restaurant (scene of kidnapping) ++MUTE++
3. Street scene, with traffic
Two French hostages kidnapped in the Niger capital Niamey on Friday were killed by their captors despite a rescue attempt...
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SYND 17/2/68 UNCTAD CONFERENCE IN INDIA
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) meeting in India: Afro - Asian and Communist block countries prevent South Africa speaking and plan to prevent last day speech
1. gv exterior conference hall
2. gv interior,...
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CAN645 NASSER, NKRUMAH, TELLI AT OAU SUMMIT
Organisation of African Unity Summit Conference opens in Accra.
**Also listed at z062007
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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CAN836 NIGERIA STATES INDEPENDENCE
Lagos conference to decide whether the Nigerian Federal Systems should be broken into autonomous states.
1. ws exterior of Prince Michael hotel minority leaders
2. mcs Eyo
3. mcs Olwoyin
4. mcu Mr Krum
5. mcu Chief H Eiriye
6. mcu Mr...
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CAN845 MILITARY GOVERNORS ARRIVE IN LAGOS FOR MEETING AFTER TRIBAL RIOTS
Nigerian military governors confer in wake of tribal rioting. Those present include the Head of State of Nigeria Yakubu Gowon and the Governor of the Northern Region Haasan Katsina.
1. ws pan exterior government building
2. ms armed...
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SYND 12/11/67 NIGERIA'S FEDERAL ADMINISTRATOR ASIKA GIVES PRESS CONFERENCE
Ukpabi Asika, Nigeria's new federal administrator for occupied areas of Biafra, gives press conference in Lagos.
1. ws exterior Lagos Television house
2. ws interior press taking seats in conference
3. cu Asika
4. ms Asika and colleagues...
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SYND 23/11/67 MEMBERS OF THE ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY'S PEACE MISSION ASSEMBLE IN NIGERIA
Members of the Organisation of African Unity's peace mission to Nigeria assemble in Lagos. General Yakubu Gowon head of Nigeria, Ahmadou Ahidjo President of Cameroon, Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie and Hamani Diori President of Niger...
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CAN809 NIGERIA BECOMES ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE EEC
Nigeria officially becomes an associate member of the European Common Market at a ceremony in Lagos. The ceremony is attended by the Vice-President of Nigeria Babafemi Ogundipe and the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Harold Luns as...
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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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UNUSED 17 1 81 ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY CONFERENCE ON TIMBER TRADE
Extraordinary meeting called in Kinshasa of the OAU (Organisation of African Unity), for discussion of the timber trade in Africa. Taking part are Zaire, Gabon, Tanzania, Congo, Angola, Ivory Coast, Sao-Tome and Ghana.
1. ms exterior...
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CAN636 TRIAL IN NIGERIA
Street scenes and footage from outside the courthouse during a trial in Lagos, Nigeria. The trial is possibly of Alhaji D.S. Degbenro and other officials.
1. ws cityscape of Lagos
2. ms military vehicles moving along road
3. vs crowd of...
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SYND 12 9 68 PEACE TALKS DELEGATES RETURN
Federal Nigerian delegation returns from Addis Ababa after Nigerian peace talks break down, they claiim Biafrans refuse to compromise. Nigerian head of state Yakubu Gowon, Chief Awolowo and Femi Okunu feature.
1. vss plane arrives at...
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CAN325 PARLIAMENT MEETING IN LAGOS
First parliament of independent Nigeria opens for last time before its dissolution.
1. ms parliament building
2. cs Nigerian flag
3. ms to mcu of Ayo Rosiji arriving from car
4. ms Prime Minister, others enter parliament
5. ms crowds
6....
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CAN842 WEST GERMAN VOLUNTEERS WORK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN IVORY COAST
West German volunteers work in ivory coast on construction, education and health projects.
1. ms car arrives at Daloa hospital
2. vs German volunteeris seated in conversation
3. vs nurses treating injured man
4. ms patients waiting for...
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Shooting and smoke in capital's district of Treichville
1. Skyline of city, river in foreground, black smoke rising from behind buildings
2. Various closer shots of buildings, smoke rising
3. Another skyline of city, AUDIO: gunfire, camera shakes and swings quickly
4. Camera moves around,...
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CAN969 CONFERENCE ON AFRICAN EDUCATION HELD IN FRANCE
The Conference of African Educators opens in Paris and is attended by the French Education Minister Alain Peyrefitte.
1. ws exterior ministry of education
2. ms French and African flags
3. ms Peyrefitte gives speech
4. ms Upper Volta...
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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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GS 05 11 81 FINNISH TEAM WIN IVORY COAST RALLY
The Ivory Coast Rally of 1981 was won by Finnish drivers Timo Salonen and Seppo Harjanne driving a Datsun Violet.
1. vs cars through mud and water slash on rally route, include Datsun Violet, Peugeot 304, Ford Escort
2. cu winners...
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CAN678 DELEGATES ARRIVE AT CONFERENCE VENUE IN ADDIS ABABA AND EMPEROR SELASSIE SPEAKS
Delegates arrive at the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) conference / summit venue in Ethiopia and are welcomed by Foreign Minister of Ethiopia Mr Ketema Yifru and Secretary-General of the Organisation of African Unity Mr Diallo Telli...
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SYND 25 8 67 PRISONERS OF WAR FROM BIAFRA INTERROGATED
Biafran prisoners of war arrive in Lagos from Bonn to be questioned by Nigerian officials.
1. ws pan rank of prisoners, many shirtless
2. ms prisoners
3. ms pan prisoners roped together, officer talking to them
4. ms prisoners...