Nigerians Rejoice

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1636
Date Released
10 Oct 1960
Date submitted
1 Oct 1960
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mr Gaitskell’s Fight
  2. 2Sunsalve Again
  3. 3Nigerians Rejoice
  4. 4The Premier Home
  5. 5A Quiet Stroll

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nigerians Rejoice. DESCRIPTION: There are some 500 Nigerian students working at McGill University, Montreal. Natural enough, if they found it hard to concentrate, when their country was receiving its independence, and more natural still, that when the moment came, they should celebrate! So, there was jubilation over the new flag, followed by dancing and toasting. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV McGill University. LS Nigerians greeted. CU Nigerians in library. MS Nigerians at class. CU another. MS Nigerians on drums celebrating. CU another. MLS dancing. MCU guests. GV dance. CU same. MS same. MCU guests watch dance. CU another. GV banquet. MLS guests stand for toast. CU toasting. GV same.
Keywords
Students; Education and training; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Celebrations and festivals; Independence movements; Victory celebrations
Locations
Canada
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
81184
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
78
Story extras:
Film clip

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