| X MARKS THE FIRST VOTE. First local election in Lagos, the capital of Nigeria. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5686 |
| Catalog #: | 68366 | |
| Clip Number: | 68366-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 50/90 | |
| Timecode: | 01:48:15 - 01:49:26 | |
| Location: | Lagos, Nigeria | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Voting LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Nigeria | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 233632 X marks the first vote. Lagos town council elections, Nigeria. LV Lagos looking across river. SV Elevated, crowd outside polling station. SV Sign "Polling Station" pan to Africans lining up to go into station. SV Line of Africans. SV Interior of polling station. Woman at desk. SCU Clerk directing woman to voting booth. CU Woman completing form and leaving booth. SV Woman walking up to ballot box. CU Hand dropping vote into ballot box. SV Polling station sign on tree in rural area, pan to two girls wearing native dress. SV People walking up to polling station. LV People queuing up outside polling station, some holding umbrellas. CU Women in queue wearing gay-colored, knotted head-dresses. LV Glover Hall. People waiting outside. SV Counting votes inside. LV Floodlit balcony of Glover Hall. CU Man making announcement at mike. MTV Pan, crowds waving and cheering, in searchlights. | |
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