| ELECTIONS (aka RHODESIA VOTES FOR NO MAJORITY RULE) White Rhodesians voting in majority rule referendum. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5043 |
| Catalog #: | 93641 | |
| Clip Number: | 93641-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 69/52 | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:21 - 01:05:34 | |
| Location: | Salisbury | |
| Year Shot: | 1969 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: Apartheid ELECTIONS: Misc LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) POLITICS: Misc | |
| Description: | ELECTIONS (aka RHODESIA VOTES FOR NO MAJORITY RULE) White Rhodesians voting in majority rule referendum. Tracking shots crowd of black people lining street. Various shots white woman giving instructions to black man up a tree who is hanging a "No" poster. M/S posters on tree - some say "yes", most say "no". C/U the poster. M/S line of posters on railings, pan across to people voting in street. M/S ditto. M/S line of people leaning over table voting, they are all white. Top shot white soldiers voting. M/S ditto. Top shot Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia Ian Smith and Mrs. Smith arriving to vote. M/S ditto as they walk towards polling station. C/U as they are greeted by man outside polling station. C/U board, "Polling Station". M/S as Mr. and Mrs. Smith enter polling station. Angle shot flag flying at Government House, Salisbury. L/S Government House, pan to Sir Humphrey Gibb, Governor of Southern Rhodesia, walking around garden with friend. Various shots ditto. C/U Sir Humphrey. M/S as Sir Humphrey turns and walks towards Government House on his own. Narrator points out that Ian Smith secured victory by limiting the electorate; 12 white people voted to every black person. | |
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