UGANDA: SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TAKES PART IN CELEBRATIONS TO MARK 34 YEARS OF UGANDAN INDEPENDENCE

Record ID: 1002054

  • Title: UGANDA: SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TAKES PART IN CELEBRATIONS TO MARK 34 YEARS OF UGANDAN INDEPENDENCE
  • Date: 9th October 1996
  • Summary: KAMPALA, UGANDA (OCTOBER 9, 1996) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV PLANE CARRYING SOUTH AFRICA PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TAXIING 0.14 2. WV OFFICIALS WAIT FOR MANDELA TO EMERGE FROM PLANE 0.20 3. MV PLANE TAXIING TO A HALF 0.46 4. MV/GV UGANDAN PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI, HIS WIFE AND OFFICIALS WAITING (2 SHOTS) 0.57 5. MV MANDELA WALKS SLOWLY DOWN PLANE STEPS, GREETED BY MUSEVENI, RECEIVES BOUQUET OF FLOWERS, GREETED BY MRS MUSEVENI 1.57 6. MV MANDELA SHAKES HANDS WITH MILITARY OFFICERS 2.15 7. GV MANDELA AND MUSEVENI WALK ALONG RED CARPET TO PODIUM 2.34 8. CU MANDELA ON PODIUM AS NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYED, PULL BACK TO GV MANDELA AND MUSEVENI ON PODIUM 3.09 9. CU-GV HONOUR GUARD STANDS TO ATTENTION 3.20 10. MV MANDELA SHAKING HANDS WITH OFFICIALS 3.43 11. MV PANS MANDELA AND MUSEVENI ENJOYING PERFORMANCE BY DANCERS (3 SHOTS) 4.22 12. MV MANDELA AND MUSEVENI INTO CAR 4.39 13. MVS DANCERS, DRUMMERS (2 SHOTS) 4.50 14. WV/MV SOLDIERS STAND TO ATTENTION AT KOLOLO PARADE GROUND (2 SHOTS) 5.00 15. GVS SOLDIERS PARADE WITH FLAGS, OFFICER SHOUTS COMMAND TO STAND AT EASE (2 SHOTS) 5.44 16. GV CAR CARRYING MUSEVENI AND MANDELA ARRIVES, MUSEVENI AND MANDELA OUT OF CAR, MANDELA WAVES TO CHEERING CROWD 6.43 17. MVS MANDELA AND MUSEVENI WALK TO THEIR SEATS (2 SHOTS) 7.01 18. WV SOLDIERS ON PARADE GROUND 7.08 19. GV MUSEVENI INSPECTING SOLDIERS ON PARADE GROUND, BOWS TO FLAGS, PUTS HIS WIDE-BRIMMED HAT ON 7.41 20. MVS/CU MUSEVENI INSPECTING SOLDIERS (3 SHOTS) 8.09 21. MV YOUTH WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF MUSEVENI AND MANDELA 8.14 22. MV MUSEVENI PATTING BOYS ON THE HEAD 8.20 23. CU BOY WEARING INDEPENDENCE DAY HEADGEAR 8.23 24. MV MUSEVENI ON PODIUM PAN TO UGANDAN FLAG BEING RAISED 8.43 25. CU UGANDAN EMBLEM WITH WORDS "FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY" 8.49 26. MV PAN FROM UGANDAN FLAG TO MUSEVENI ON PODIUM 9.00 27. CU UGANDAN FLAG 9.06 28. CU SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG 9.12 29. MV MRS MUSEVENI, MANDELA AND MUSEVENI SEATED FOR PRAYERS 9.19 30. GVS/MVS SOLDIERS PARADING (6 SHOTS) 11.04 31. CU MUSEVENI 11.12 32. CU MANDELA APPLAUDING 11.29 33. MV CHURCH LEADERS 11.34 34. MV MILITARY OFFICIALS 11.41 35. GVS SOLDIERS AND YOUNG STUDENTS FROM MILITARY POLICE SCHOOL PARADING (2 SHOTS) 12.06 36. CU MUSEVENI SMILING 12.16 37. GV MRS MUSEVENI, MANDELA, MUSEVENI AND OFFICIALS 12.24 38. GV GROWD 12.27 39. GV CHILDREN TAKING PART IN PARADE 12.38 40. CU CHURCH LEADER 12.44 41. GV/CU SOLDIERS GIVING THREE CHEERS (2 SHOTS) 13.47 42. GV MUSEVENI PLACING SASH AND "ORDER OF THE PEARL OF AFRICA, CLASS ONE" ON MANDELA (3 SHOTS) 14.01 43. MV-CU MUSEVENI GIVING AWARD PRESENTATION SPEECH (ENGLISH) 15.57 44. GV CEREMONY 15.59 45. MV MRS MUSEVENI AND MANDELA APPLAUDING, MANDELA HAS HIS LEG RESTING ON A STOOL 16.10 46. MV/CU FOUR-YEAR-OLD KING RUKIDI THE FOURTH, 12TH OMUKAMA (KING) OF TOORO, SEATED IN AUDIENCE (2 SHOTS) 16.18 47. CU MANDELA ADDRESSING AUDIENCE (ENGLISH) 18.29 48. CU UNIDENTIFIED MEMBER OF MANDELA'S TEAM 18.33 49. MV MANDELA POSING WITH MUSEVENI, MRS MUSEVENI, KING RUKIDI AND OTHER DIGNITARIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS 18.44 50. MVS MANDELA INTO CAR, CAR DEPARTS (2 SHOTS) 19.16 51. MV PAN FROM JOURNALIST TO MANDELA AND MUSEVENI SEATED FOR NEWS CONFERENCE 19.23 52. CU MANDELA SPEAKING ABOUT INVITING CUBAN, LIBYAN AND IRANIAN LEADERS TO SOUTH AFRICA (ENGLISH) 20.23 53. MV MUSEVENI AND MANDELA SHAKING HANDS AT AIRPORT 20.34 54. MV MANDELA SLOWLY WALKING UP PLANE STEPS 21.01 55. MV MUSEVENI, MRS MUSEVENI AND OFFICIALS WAVING 21.10 56. CU/MV PLANE TAXIING (2 SHOTS) 21.36 TRANSCRIPT SEQUENCE 43, MUSEVENI: "PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA AND FREEDOM FIGHTER, I YOWERI MUSEVENI, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, AWARDS AND DECORATES YOU WITH THE ORDER OF THE PEARL OF AFRICA, CLASS ONE, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THE STRUGGLE FOR THE FREEDOM IN YOUR COUNTRY AND FOR ALL OF HUMANITY. I COMMEND YOU FOR GIVING YOUR ONCE DEGRADED PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA, THE BLACK PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA, SELF-CONFIDENCE AND ABOVE ALL HOPE AND VICTORY." TRANSCRIPT SEQUENCE 47, MANDELA: "YOUR EXCELLENCY LET ME CONCLUDE BY FULFILLING THE MISSION WITH WHICH I HAVE COME TO YOUR COUNTRY TODAY. ALLOW ME TO CONVEY TO YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF UGANDA THE BEST WISHES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA ON THIS JOYOUS OCCASION OF THE 34TH ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR INDEPENDENCE DAY. MAY SUCCESS (INDISTINCT) UGANDA'S EFFORTS TO SUSTAIN ITS REMARKABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH ON THE ROAD TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TO ENTRENCH THE COMMITMENT TO DEMOCRACY REFLECTED IN THE ELECTIONS HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR. MAY COOPERATION BETWEEN UGANDA AND SOUTH AFRICA CONTRIBUTE TO THE RENEWAL OF OUR (INDISTINCT). LET US JOIN HANDS IN A PARTNERSHIP OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY. MAY I CONCLUDE BY POINTING OUT, YOU HAVE SEEN ME LIMPING AROUND, IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF OLD AGE (LAUGHTER) IT IS BECAUSE OF THE OPERATION I HAVE RECENTLY MADE. BUT THE HONOUR WHICH I HAVE RECEIVED (INDISTINCT) NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF AFRICA BUT IN TERMS OF THE ENTIRE WORLD, PRESIDENT YOWERI MUSEVENI, WILL HEAL MY KNEE EVEN BEFORE I LEAVE HERE. I WANT TO THANK THE PRESIDENT, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE OF (HESITATES) UGANDA FOR THE EXCELLENT (INDISTINCT) TO MAKE ME AT LAST FEEL IMPORTANT. I THANK YOU." TRANSCRIPT SEQUENCE 52, MANDELA: "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING SUPER POWERS MAY SAY. WE DON'T FORGET OUR ALLIES AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE INVITED TO OUR COUNTRY PEOPLE LIKE FIDEL CASTRO, LIKE MUAMMAR GADDAFI. THEY HAVE NOT YET PAID A STATE VISIT BUT THAT INVITATION HAS BEEN MADE TO THEM, FIDEL CASTRO SHORTLY AFTER WE HAD TAKEN OVER. WE HAVE JUST HAD A VISIT FROM PRESIDENT RAFSANJANI OF IRAN. HE HAS MANY ENEMIES BUT WE LOOK AT HIM AS OUR FRIEND AND WE HAVE INVITED HIM TO HONOUR HIM AND TO THANK HIM DIRECTLY FOR THE SUPPORT THAT HE GAVE." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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  • Location: KAMPALA, UGANDA
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