Ghana Parliament

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1449A

Date Released

14 Mar 1957

Date Other

Mar 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Cross Country Championships
2. 2Ghana Parliament
3. 3Singapore Remembers
4. 4News in Brief: Ship Collision
5. 5News in Brief: The Last of the Reichstag
6. 6News in Brief: Earthquake in Greece
7. 7All Mod Con for Motorists
8. 8Gaza Strip Crisis
9. 9The Grand National is Coming
10. *Wales V Ireland
11. *To Fight Tb

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ghana Parliament. DESCRIPTION: The celebrations in Ghana lasted about a week. There was for example a great gathering of tribal chiefs. Parliament House was the scene of the climax of Ghana’s celebrations. The Duchess of Kent went to perform the opening of the first session of the Parliament of Ghana. Afterwards the rejoicing continued in the streets of Accra, the capital, and when the Prime Minister Dr Nkrumah drove past he was given a great ovation. SHOTLIST: Tribal chiefs parading. LS Parliament Square. Bands in parade. Duchess of Kent arrives. Ghana flag. Interiors - Duchess seated in parliament reading Queen’s message. Various shots of crowds running alongside Nkrumah’s car and cheering.

Keywords

Politics and government; Celebrations and festivals

Locations

Accra; Ghana

Footage sources

Pathe

Card file number

69976

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

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