SOUTH AFRICA: U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE MEETS PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AND VISITS ROBBEN ISLAND

Record ID: 249250

  • Title: SOUTH AFRICA: U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE MEETS PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AND VISITS ROBBEN ISLAND
  • Date: 16th February 1997
  • Summary: CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA (FEBRUARY 16, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 12. LV EXTERIOR RESIDENCE OF SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA 1.43 13. SLV MANDELA AND U.S. VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE WALKING OUT OF DOOR/GORE HOLDS MANDELA'S HAND AS THEY WALK DOWN STEPS (2 SHOTS) 1.58 14. SCU MANDELA SAYING I HAVE GOT SERIOUS RESERVATIONS ABOUT CONCENTRATING ATTENTION ON A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WHEN ROBBEN ISLAND REPRESENTS GENERATIONS AFTER GENERATIONS OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS (ENGLISH) 2.15 15. SCU MEDIA 2.19 16. SCU GORE SAYING I HAVE TALKED TO SOUTH AFRICANS INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE WHO WERE ON THE TOUR WITH US TODAY ON HOW IMPORTANT THEY THINK IT IS FOR THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO WILL VISIT ROBBEN ISLAND IN THE FUTURE COME AWAY FROM THE EXPERIENCE WITH AN APPROPRIATE SENSE OF WHAT WENT ON THERE THROUGHOUT THIS LONG STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM, BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE INTERESTED IN THE DECISION SOUTH AFRICA MAKES ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THIS IMPORTANT HISTORICAL SITE (ENGLISH) 2.56 17. SLV GORE AND MANDELA STANDING TOGETHER 3.00 18. CU GORE AND MANDELA HOLDING HANDS TILT UP TO MANDELA'S FACE/ THEY TURN AND WALK BACK UP STEPS MANDELA HOLDING GORE'S ARM 3.21 Initials s3 p3 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 3rd March 1997 12:00
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  • Location: CAPE TOWN AND ROBBEN ISLAND, SOUTH AFRICA
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  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: LVAMKPW1CNIM45S1O143J9R64WW
  • Story Text: - INTRO: U.S. Vice President Al Gore has met South African President Nelson Mandela in Cape Town and toured the island prison where he was incarcerated for 18 years.

    Vice-President Gore met Mandela for talks at his residence in Cape Town on Sunday (February 16).

    As the two men posed for news cameras on the steps of the residence, Gore told reporters that Mandela's endurance of his prison experience had been a "triumph of the human spirit." Gore is in South Africa for talks aimed at improving cooperation between the two countries on trade, education, health, the energy and the environment.

    Earlier, Gore, his wife Tipper and two of their children boarded a boat for the 30-minute ride from Cape Town to Robben Island, where Mandela was held for 18 years.

    Gore's host on the tour was South Africa's Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, whose father Govan Mbeki was imprisoned in the next cell to Mandela.

    Gore was also shown around the cells by Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 21 years in the prison.

    Gore and his family crowded into cell number five, a concerete room barely big enough for a bed, where Mandela spent many years.

    Gore viewed the quarry where Mandela and other prisoners hacked out tons of rock under the hot African sun.

    Mandela spent 18 years in Robben Island after being convicted of treason by the country's white supremacist rulers in 1963. He spent another eight years at a mainland prison before being released in 1990. He was elected president in South Africa's first non-racial elections in 1994.

    ROBBEN ISLAND, SOUTH AFRICA (FEBRUARY 16, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV TABLE MOUNTAIN IN BACKGROUND AS BOAT TRAVELS TO ROBBEN ISLAND 0.06 2. LV BOAT ALONGSIDE QUAY, SAILOR CATCHES LANDING ROPE 0.09 3. SLV VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE DISEMBARKING WITH SOUTH AFRICAN DEPUTY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI TO NAVAL SALUTE 0.25 4. LV CONVOY DRIVING THROUGH GATES BENEATH ROBBEN ISLAND WELCOME SIGN 0.29 5. SCU GORE AND MBEKI WITH MEDIA IN QUARRY 0.41 6. SCU MEDIA 0.42 7. SV MBEKI PRESENTS GIFT TO GORE/GORE READS ALOUD FROM ENGRAVING AND THANKS MBEKI 0.58 8. LV EXTERIOR CELL BLOCK 1.02 9. SLV GORE, MBEKI SHOWN AROUND CELLS BY AHMED KATHRADA 1.18 10. SV GORE ENTERING CELL FIVE, GORE IN CELL WITH WIFE TIPPER AND CHILDREN LISTENING TO ACCOUNT BY KATHRADA 1.26 11. SCU GORE LOOKING AROUND CELL 1.39
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