- Title: NIGERIA: BACKGROUND TO TEN TROUBLED YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE
- Date: 25th September 1970
- Summary: LAGOS 1960, INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS 1. GV & MV Princess Alexandra arrives at Parliament Building 0.10 2. MV & CU Princess enters and TV of Parliament in session (4 shots) 0.21 LAGOS 1964, ELECTION DEMONSTRATIONS 3. CU & MV Demonstrators (4 shots) 0.30 LAGOS 1965 BALEWA SWORN IN AS P.M. 4. MV Sir Abubakar Rafawa Balewa being sworn in as Prime Minister by President Azikwe (4 shots) 0.40 LAGOS 1966, IRONSI AND TROOPS 5. MV Ironsi inspecting his troops 0.58 LAGOS 1966, GOWON SPEAKS AT CONSTITUTION 6. LV & SCU Gowon speaks to conference 1.10 1966, REFUGEES FLEE SOUTH FROM NORTHERN AREAS 7. GV & CU aftermath of riots in northern areas (3 shots) 1.20 REFUGEES AT ENUGU, 1966 8. MV Refugees in hospital 1.26 1967, DEMONSTRATIONS - EASTERN NIGERIA 9. GV & MV Demonstrators with placards (4 shots) 1.41 OIL INSTALLATIONS AT BONNY, 1968 10. GV PAN Oil installations at Bonny 1.49 1970, WESTERN NIGERIA OIL INSTALLATIONS 11. GV Oil workers on rigs (2 shots) 2.02 1968, ONITSHA WARFARE SCENES 12. GV & CU destruction, soldiers with local people (5 shots) 2.22 1970, REFUGEES - OWERRI 13. GV & CU refugees 2.43 1970, FORMAL SURRENDER 14. GV's & CU's Gowon and Effiong, and PAN group (4 shots) 3.07 1970, PORT HARDCOURT RE-OPENS 15. GV's & SV's People working at port (3 shots) 3.21 Initials CM/ML/PS/1125 CM/ML/ES.1130 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 9th October 1970 13:00
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- Location: NIGERIA
- Country: Nigeria
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