RHODESIA BACKGROUND NUMBER THREE [Main Title]

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  • Title: RHODESIA BACKGROUND NUMBER THREE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 888
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  • Summary: Unedited Rhodesian footage.
  • Description: Harold Wilson meets Ian Smith at 10 Downing Street; crowds in the streets; a meeting to discuss UDI; a map pinpointing the location of Rhodesia in the African continent; headlines and scenes showing Britain applying sanctions; shots of Rhodesia; Ian Smith meeting black leaders.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: COI 888
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (COI 888)
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1965-12-06
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Smith, Ian D (person) Wilson, Harold (person)
  • Keywords: economics, British general - commerce: sanctions (object name) society, Rhodesian - ethnic (object name) administration, Rhodesian - civilian (object name) GB, England & London, SW <Downing Street> (geography) Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 126 ft; Running time: 3 mins
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    COI 888

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