- Title: GHANA: -- TEN YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE.
- Date: 26th February 1967
- Summary: FILM TRACES EVENTS IN GHANA OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS: CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1957 - FIREWORKS, A SEA PAGEANT AND A BEAUTY QUEEN; DR NKRUMAH ATTENDS A COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS' MEETING IN LONDON IN 1957, THE FIRST AFRICAN LEADER TO DO SO; DR NKRUMAH VISITS MR NEHRU IN DELHI IN 1958; GHANA BECOMES A REPUBLIC IN 1960; QUEEN ELIZABETH VISITS GHANA IN 1961; DR NKRUMAH'S "YOUNG PIONEER" MOVEMENT; CROWDS IN ACCRA CELEBRATE DR NKRUMAH'S ESCAPE FROM ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS IN 1962; A RALLY IN 1964 IN SUPPORT OF HIS PLAN FOR A ONE-PARTY STATE; NKRUMAH SPEAKS TO AN ORGANISATION OF AFRICAN UNITY MEETING IN ACCRA IN 1965; HE VISITS PEKING IN FEBRUARY, 1966, AT THE TIME HE WAS DEPOSED AS PRESIDENT; HIS STATUE IS TOPPLED TO THE GROUND IN ACCRA; LIEUTENANT-GENERAL ANKRAH TAKES OVER IN GHANA; PRISONERS RELEASED FROM DETENTION IN ACCRA; CROWDS ACCLAIM THE NEW GOVERNMENT (NATURAL SOUND ON FILM); GHANA'S ECONOMY - MANUFACTURE OF COCOA, NEW ALUMINUM SMELTER AT TEM, AND THE VOLTA DAM PROJECT; GENERAL ANKRAH OPENS GHANA'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR IN FEBRUARY, 1967. Initials VISNEWS BACKGROUND FEATURE. AVAILABLE ON BETA NX 298 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 12th March 1967 12:00
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- Location: GHANA, U. K. INDIA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
- Country: Ghana
- Reuters ID: LVACO3TMOXY0EVP9K4RLOHJ71B2H
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