| Rhodesian Crisis: Dispute Goes To United Nations | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1755 |
| Catalog #: | 425572 | |
| Clip Number: | 425572-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-099-02 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Rhodesia, London Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: Misc GOVERNMENT: Hearings, Misc INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Diplomacy INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: United Nations LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | NO AUDIO Britain asks the United Nations to help settle the question of Rhodesian independence. They request economic sanctions and an arms embargo against the rebel government. It's the latest move in a 13 month battle by Britain to crush Prime Minister Ian Smith's white minority regime. Establishing shot - A town square of fountains and trees in the center of down town, this may be Rhodesia. CUS - Two men and a woman sitting on a bench. Exterior shot - Tall office buildings. (England?) MS - Young women walking down the street smiling. CU - Man selling newspapers on a busy intersection. MS - In a store front window, a large portrait of Ian Smith and other politicians hanging in exhibit. CU - Ian Smith walking out of a building, military men stationed on the outside. Aerial shot - Battleship flying the British Flag. MS - On deck of the Battleship I think this may be; Ian Smith, Prime Minister. and Labour Prime Minister, Harold Wilson. MS - At dust the sky-line of London, England. CU - (?) Not sure who's addressing the Assembly at the United Nations. | |
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