STARVATION AND HOSPITAL SCENES IN BIAFRA DURING THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: STARVATION AND HOSPITAL SCENES IN BIAFRA DURING THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 6457
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  • Summary: Record film, with harrowing sounds and images, shows children in Biafra suffering from malnutrition being examined by a white male and female doctor, wounded Biafran men and babies in hospital, healthier children at a Christian mission and brief interview with an Israeli doctor who, conscious that the world stood still during the attempted extermination of the Jews, now feels impelled to help the suffering Biafrans.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 6457
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 6457)
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  • Production Date: 1968
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 262 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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