Ghana New Nation

Series

Series Name

Transatlantic Teleview

Issue

Issue No.

27

Date Released

1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ghana New Nation

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Visiting the Gold Coast just before it officially became Ghana, Robert McKenzie conducted some on-the-spot interviews with a number of leading personalities in Gold Coast public life, including in particular Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, now Prime Minister of Ghana. The Film gives a many-sided impression of the background of life in Ghana today.

Keywords

Politics and government; Colonialism; Independence movements

Written sources

Overseas Film Library Catalogue   c.1958, p200. Used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]

COI Reference

MI 793/27

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign Office

Producer

Raylton Fleming

Presenter

Robert McKenzie

Production Co.

World Wide Pictures Ltd

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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