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Vox Africa Body of Susan Tsvangirai brought home
1. Various of banner commemorating Susan Tsvangirai, the late wife of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
2. Car carrying coffin arriving
3. Men and women carrying coffin
4. People carrying large wreath of flowers
5. People...
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SYND 30 6 79 ZAPU PAPERS SEIZED BY RHODESIANS
Helicopter-borne commandos blasted a (ZIPRA) Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (military wing of of ZAPU, Zimbabwean African People's Union) "intelligence headquarters" in the Zambian capital of Lusaka last Tuesday, in the first raid...
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SYND 28 10 80 JOSHUA NKOMO SPEAKING AT A RALLY IN HARARE
Zimbabwean Home Affair Minister and leader of the minority Patriotic Front party Joshua Nkomo, speaking at a rally in Harare, calling for government to organise free and fair local election.
1. ms Nkomo's supporters dancing
2. ms women...
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SYND 28 3 80 LORD SOAMES MEETS PRESIDENT SAMORA MACHEL
In the wake of the recent elections in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) Governor General Lord Christopher Soames, who has been a guest in mozambique, looks forward to happy relations between the two countries in the future.
1. ms Soames takes seat on...
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CAN266 PRINCE PHILIP ARRIVES IN MALAWI IN PREPARATION FOR THE NATION'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY
Britain's Prince Philip, representing the Queen, arrives in Malawi in preparation for the nation's independence ceremony the following day. Malawi, formerly Nyasaland has been under British rule for 73 years. It will be the newest nation...
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South African fans cheer their team on in match against Mexico
1. Wide shot crowds watching South Africa-Mexico match on big screen in city centre square
2. Mid shot crowd
3. Wide shot crowd
4. South African flags being waved by crowd
5. Wide shot pan crowd with cheering
6. Close-up fan with South...
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877 RHODESIA'S PRIME MINISTER, IAN SMITH, ON BOARD HMS TIGER
Rhodesia's Prime Minister, Ian Smith, Govenor Sir Humphrey Gibbs and Rhodesian Chief Justice, Sir Hugh beadle, on board HMS Tiger, ready for talks with Britain's Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, on the future of Rhodesia
1. various aerial...
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SYND 2 2 78 BLACK STUDENTS FAILED TO TURN UP FOR SCHOOL IN SOWETO, JOHANNESBURG
In the Johannesburg's black township of Soweto, the majority of students failed to turn up on the opening day of classes.
1. gv school, zoom in to small group of children outside2. various of children outside school3. gv deserted school...
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SYND 29-10-70 ZAMBIAN TANZANIAN RAILWAY LINE COMPLETED
Tanzanian President Nyerere, accompanied by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, inaugarates construction of Zambian end of rail link connecting both countries
1) mcu sign "the Tanzania - Zambia Railway Spells Progress And Prosperity"
2) gv...
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South Africa - Student protests turn violent
Riot police were called into Johannesburg's city centre Wednesday (4/2) after 5,000 secondary school students rioted. The students had been marching to protest at the delays in deliveries of textbooks and stationary to cash-strapped...
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Dutch, Japanese fans arrive for match ADDS more
1. Japan football fans
2. Various of both Netherlands and Japan fans dancing AUDIO music
3. Dutch fans marching toward stadium
4. Dutch fans holding signs
5. Zoom in on man pulling rickshaw
6. Man pulls rickshaw with two Dutch fans,...
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SYND 15 1 79 START OF THE CAPE TOWN TO MONTEVIDEO YACHT RACE
Start of the Cape Town to Montevideo yacht race.
1. gv Cape Town, zoom in to harbour
2. various of yachts at dock getting ready
3. ms people on dock
4. mcu man having hair cut
5. ms crew on board yacht, pan to name on yacht ...
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Arrivals for opening of African Union summit, Mugabe
1. Follow shot of African leaders arriving, including Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (striped tie, he waves at camera) and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who walks behind him (glasses)
2. Wide of conference room
3. Mid shot of...
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Miners at Lonmin platinum mine start returning for training after reaching a wage deal
Miners at the Lonmin platinum mine began to return to work on Thursday morning after reaching a wage deal that ended a prolonged strike in which 46 people were killed.
Workers were not expected to go down the mine on their first day...
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SYND 8 9 74 PORTUGUESE AND FRELIMO SIGN MOZAMBIQUE INDEPENDENCE AGREEMENT
The Portugese and Frelimo delegates signing an agreement in Lusaka giving independence to Mozambique in the middle of next year. The film includes footage of the Portugese Foreign Minister Mario Soares and Front for the Liberation of...
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SYND 8 7 71 LUSAKA DEMONSTRATION
Police clashing with Zambian students protesting outside French Embassy against France's decision to let South Africa build Mirage jet flighters
1 ms police fire tear gas shells at students outside embassy
2 ms tear gas fills street...
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Namibia president arrives for Monday's signing ceremony
1. Plane taxiing on tarmac
2. Namibian President, Hifikepunye Pohamba disembarking plane, greeting President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe
3. Mugabe and Pohamba receiving flower wreaths
4. Pohamba and Mugabe greeting officials
5. Mugabe and...
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SYND 20 10 78 16 MONTH OLD JAQUES NAGEL AFTER RARE HEART OPERATION
Sixteen-month-old Jacques Nagel continues to make good progress in a Johannesburg hospital after a rare operation to enlarge his heart. Jacques has already had two open heart operations in his short life, and doctors hope that the...
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Heavy police presence outside court as bail hearing for Czech Radovan Krejcir continues
Police kept up a heavy presence outside a South African court as Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir appeared for his bail hearing on charges of attempted murder and kidnapping.
Krejcir was arrested by South African police officers at his...
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UPITN 19 4 80 SOVIET DELEGATION ARRIVAL FOR MEETINGS WITH MUGABE
A delegation from the SOviet Union arrives to meet with new Prime Minister Robert Mugabe and discuss Soviet Aid to the new republic of Zimbabwe. Officials included Sharaf Rashidov, Leonid Ilichev, and Vyacheslav Ustinov.
1. vs Soviet...
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Half mast flags at gold mine where the bodies of 8 trapped miners have been found
A South African gold-mining company said on Thursday it has found the bodies of eight miners who were trapped when a magnitude-2.4 earthquake triggered an underground fire.
Flags were flying at half-mast outside the mine on...
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MALAWI: FORMER DICTATOR KAMUZU BANDA DIES
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Former Malawi dictator Kamuzu Banda has died in a hospital in South Africa.
Banda, a hero of independence who went on to become a symbol of dictatorship and eccentric autocracy, died of respiratory failure, a hospital...
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SYND 1-3-73 CAMPUS PROTEST BY SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS
Defiant students in Johannesburg stage campus protest against the South African government banning of eight leaders of the National Union Of South African Students.
1. ws students sit in, courtyard at UNiversity
2. ms pan students
3....
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SOUTH AFRICA: CAPE TOWN: COON CARNIVAL GOES INTO ITS SECOND DAY
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While the rest of the world is shaking off New Year hangovers, Cape Town is still celebrating.
The "Second New Year" is an official public holiday to commemorate the day slaves were given off for their festivities.
And a...