Summary

Footage Information

British Pathé
PREMIER WILSON IN RHODESIA
Title reads: "Premier Wilson in Rhodesia".

Prime Minister Harold Wilson in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to discuss the independence problem.

L/S Salisbury Airport. L/S crowds of mainly black Zimbabweans at airport. L/S Women with children on backs sleeping on ground. M/S men up tree for better view of Wilson. C/U white policemen and white girl (nun?) amongst crowd of blacks. C/U placard: "We want Majority Rule". C/U black man chanting; "One man, one vote". L/S police moving crowd on. M/S crowd of black and white supporters of independence chanting and clapping.

L/S aircraft taxiing on runway. Panning shot crowds cheering. Panning shot Mr. Wilson walking from aircraft amidst crowd of security men. M/S crowd. M/S Mr. Wilson at press conference with Commonwealth Minister Arthur Bottomley on left.
British Pathe
1965
00:01:04:00
Black & White
Sound
1820.28

Keywords

Prime Ministers Harold Wilson Rhodesia Zimbabwe Independence colonialism Sailsbury airports Harold Wilson Arthur Bottomley racism colonialism
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