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And Now Tomorrow Pt. 1 of 3 (1957)

Reel Number: 221364-04

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1957

Country: Ghana,West Africa

Location: Accra

TC Begins: 00:31:19

TC Ends: 00:42:16

Duration: 00:10:57

And Now Tomorrow Pt. 1 of 3 06Mar57 One minute past midnight & Ghanians celebrate Independence in streets. Kwame Nkrumah onto stage & dancing & waving to crowd. 00:32:07 View over forest. City of Accra w/ street filled w/ people & Nkrumah standing in convertible driven thru people VO: “He is a symbol of their aims, their hard won victory...” POV past waving crowds. Stadium & British army handing over authority. Nkrumah talking w/ Ralph Bunche of United Nations. Soldiers of Ghana & military band playing. 00:33:22 Traditional band & dancers in stadium. People watching. Religious ceremony. British rulers leaving. Nkrumah waves in CU. 00:34:35 Pan over Ghana countryside. Ancient coastal fort & pan over town. Ghana tribal chieftains in robes & under umbrellas walking past camera; band in front of Memorial Hall. 00:35:44 Vice President Richard Nixon & Pat (holding small black girl); he shakes hands w/ chiefs. Pan over crowd & awnings above various tribal groups posing. Talking drums, dancers. Women dancing. 00:37:13 Coast w/ fog, boys on canoe or log; others playing in waves. Man cutting coconut & drinking. Pan over river, bridge on Volta. People off ferry along w/ car & trucks. Highway. 00:38:31 Oil storage tanks & pipelines; men turn valves. Mobil Oil service station; people around truck - bus. Accra sign; high angle of bus depot & bus pulling out. View over city; streets & traffic; policeman directing traffic. Pedestrians walking w/ goods on heads. Buses. Woman w/ large tray of books on head. Vendors selling clothing etc. on street. People walking under palm trees. 00:40:31 Sign: You are entering Salt Pond. Large group of people in barren lot w/ cars; people talking & getting ballot. People wave as Nkrumah walks past, mounts podium, people watching. He speaks (MOS) in shade. 00:41:10 Large Government building w/ flag flying. Rolls Royce limousine past & led by motorcycle out to gate w/ guard. At large table w/ Whites sitting as Nkrumah speaks (MOS). Government Courts building w/ seal or coat of arms. African Independence; British Colonialism; Celebration; 1957;

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