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First contingent of Rwandan troops arrives to join peacekeeping mission
The first of 850 Rwandan peacekeepers arrived in the Central African Republic on Thursday, where fighting between Christians and Muslims has left more than one-thousand people dead.
About 44 Rwandan soldiers flew into Bangui on board a...
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NZ PM Clark arrives for summit
1. Plane landing on runway
2. Plane taxiing on runway
3. Group of officials waiting for plane
4. Official greeting New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, leading her down steps
5. Clark meeting children, smiling for cameras
New Zealand...
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SYND 11-4-71 START OF NORTHERN LEG OF EAST AFRICAN SAFARI RALLY
Start of Northern leg of East African Safari Rally
1) aerial of nairobi, kenya
2) aerial of car mass line up for start of northern leg
3) cu spectators
4) ms #23 Peugeot 503 of Manderville and Allison
5) ms girl rally official at time...
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SYND 20/05/71 THE OPENING OF A NEW CONFERENCE HALL
The opening of Kampala's 15 million dollar conference hall, with speeches by construction engineer and government officials.
1. WS and pan of the exterior of the conference hall
2. WS of the Nile Hotel exterior
3. MS of the conference...
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SYND 9-4-72 ISRAEL AMBASSADOR
The Israeli ambassador to Uganda leaves Kampala by plane after the mission's expulsion by President Idi Amin.
1. ws Entebbe airport
2. ms ambassador walks to plane
3. ws spectators
4. ms ambassador into plane
5. vs freight bound for...
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CAN 393 KENYATTA STATUE IS UNVEILED
Jomo Kenyatta, President of Kenya arrives at the Parliament building in Nairobi, and unveils a statue of himself
1. ms Parliament building
2. ws crowd
3. ms President Kenyatta passes in front of soldiers standing to attention
4. mcu man...
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PM visits capital for first time since taking office
1. People departing plane
2. Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and his entourage walking
3. Ali Mohamed Gedi medium shot
4. Military guard of honour
5. Ali Mohamed Gedi close-up
6. Military guard of honour
7. Ali Mohamed Gedi walking and...
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Four people were killed Saturday when a car laden with explosives blew up near the parliament building in the Somali capital, a police official said Saturday. (July 5)
Four people were killed Saturday when a car laden with explosives blew up near the parliament building in the Somali capital, a police official said Saturday.
The Somali terror group al-Shabab, which has recently targeted...
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Somalia - General Aideed Declared President
The two main rivals of Somali warlord, Mohamed Farah Aideed, have
ordered him to withdraw as newly-proclaimed president of Somalia
and to lend his support to a national peace conference. Aideed was
voted in as the new head of state on...
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SYND 29 11 78 SPECIAL BRITISH ENVOY FOR RHODESIA CLEDWYN HUGHES ARRIVES TO DAR ES SALAAM
Special British Envoy to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Cledwyn Hughes arriving in Dar Es Salaam in Tanzania and is greeted by John Lugando, an official of the Tanzanian Foreign Ministry.
1. various of Hughes across tarmac with Lugando
2. ms...
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SYND 25 9 78 RHODESIAN TROOPS TAKING OFF TO ATTACK GUERILLAS
Rhodesia says its troops ended a four-day invasion of Mozambique over the weekend (Sep 24) during which they destroyed 25 black nationalist guerrilla bases and inflicted "considerable casualties" despite stiff resistance. They add that...
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CAN837 KARUME WELCOMES NASSER TO ZANZIBAR
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser visits Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume, President of Zanzibar.
1. ws airport building
2. ls zoom to ms Nasser leaves plane and is greeted on tarmac
3. ms, bs tracking Nasser crosses tarmac
4. ls Nasser...
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Gunmen mount attack on United Nations compound
1. Wide of the exterior of the UN compound as African Union (AU) personnel carrier drives past
2. Mid of the gate where the explosion took place
3. Wide of men carrying a wounded man away
4. Zoom in to rubble and damage around the gate...
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A'math of destruction on the coast caused by cyclone Flavio
1. Corrugated roofing lifted off huts and into the air by cyclonic wind
2. Family sheltering behind their wind battered hut
3. Pan from battered hut to tree bending over from wind
4. Vegetation being lashed by wind
5. Tourist huts in...
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SYND 06/03/80 ADOWA DAY PARADE
A massive parade and rally were held in Addis Ababa on to mark the 84th anniversary of the Ethiopian victory over Italian forces at Adowa in 1896. the celebration is attended by the Chairman of the Derg and Head of State, Mengistu Haile...
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Mutinous troops say they can deploy army's tanks
1. Wide of cars driving down street by market
2. Mid of street stalls
3. Various of pro-opposition rally
4. Mid of women dancing during rally
5. Pan of opposition leaders on stage
6. Wide of army soldiers speeding down road in...
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SYND 5 6 71 KENYANS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW PRESIDENT KENYATTA ON TRIAL
Twelve Kenyans accused of plotting to overthrow president Kenyatta appear in Nairobi magistrate's court
1. various shots, police holding back crowdS outside Nairobi court
2. cu defendants escorted out of courthouse
3. defendants...
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Two bombs explode inside mosque, killing at least 30
1. Crowds gathered outside entrance to mosque building
2. Crowds covering body inside mosque
3. Blood stained floor, abandoned shoes, bystanders
4. People standing in mosque, covered bodies
5. Crowd surrounding body
6. Tilt up from...
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SYND 4 7 77 REPORT ON KENYAN ECONOMY
Report on Kenyan economy.
1. gv street2. gv building3. gv trains depot4. gv building5. cu road sign "Namanga"6. ms women walking past camera 7. ms road sign "Mpaka Border" 8. ms people having luggage checked at border crossing9. ms...
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UPITN 25 12 74 KENYAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Vernon Mwaanga, Zambia's Foreign Minister, returns from a 12 county tour of Africa, during which he briefed leaders of states on the Rhodesian situation. At the airport, on his returns, Mwaanga took the oppurtunity to bid farewell to...
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SYND 2-5-71MAY DAY CELEBRATIONS
May Day celebrations in Tokyo, Kenya and Israel. The film includes footage of President Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya.
Tokyo:
1. VS of a procession and marchers
2. MS of an anti-Nixon placard
3. MS of an anti-Sato placard
4. MS of Vietnam sign...
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MOZAMBIQUE: FLOODING DISASTER: THOUSANDS FEARED DEAD
Natural Sound
Thousands of people are feared dead and thousands more are trapped in trees, on rooftops or in waist-deep water after weeks of rain in Mozambique.
Helicopters and boats continued trying to save those trapped.
Six South...
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UPITN UNUSED 4/5/80 MAY DAY RALLY IN ADDIS ABABA
Mengistu Haile Mariam, Chairman of the Derg and Head of State of Ethiopia oversees the May Day celebrations in Addis Ababa.
1. SOUNDBITE: (Amharic) ms interior Mengistu addresses crowd
2. ws crowd applauding
3. SOUNDBITE: (Amharic) ms...
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SYND 7-8-72 SCENES FROM THE UGANDAN ASIAN COMMUNITY
Asian community in Uganda is under threat from President Idi Amin's declaration they must all leave the country within three months.
1. ws race track and motorbikes
2. ws pan riders to main stand
3. ms Amin watching
4. ms asians seated...