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(26 Mar 1990) }QUOTE REF BIRTH OF NAMIBIA MARKS LIBERATION OF AFRICA'S LAST
GS26039001 COLONY: WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA: UN Secretary-General, Javier
26.3.90 Perez de Cuellar, swears in former guerrilla ldr, Sam
Nujoma, as first Namibian President. The S.African flag
is replaced by the red, green and blue banner of the new
Namibia and thousands turn out foor parade through
capital. The previous day, Perez de Cuellar reviews some
of the UN trooops instrumental in monitoring the
transition to independence. Date Shot: 20-21.3.90
WTN 3.03mins
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NAMIBIA 20.3.90 US plane taxiing on tarmac:
Windhoek Officials rolling out red carpet: James Baker (US
Secretary of State) down steps of plane and shaking
hands: F.W. de Klerk (S.African President) and Pik Botha
(S.African Foreign Min) down steps of plane: De Klerk and
Sam Nujoma: Perez de Cuellar reviewing UN troops: Desmond
Tutu (Archbishop of Cape Town) down steps of plane:
Egyptian plane on tarmac: Hosni Mubarak (Egyptian
President) with Sam Nujoma on tarmac: Eduard Shevardnadze
(Soviet Foreign Min) off plane: CA honour guard: CU
Shevardnadze: Kenneth Kaunda (Zambian President) hugging
Nujoma on tarmac: Baker at Egyptian embassy with Mubarak:
soldiers marching to music in Windhoek stadium: workers
on scaffolding: TV cameraman setting up gear: runner with
"Flame of Independence": WTN
Windhoek 21.3.90 Lowering of South African flag: De
Klerk watching with hand on heart: raising of Nambibian
flag: CA crowd: Nujoma signing document and handing to
Perez de Cuellar: cheering crowd: Sot Nujoma: Foreign
leaders applauding: GVs fireworks display: people dancing
in stadium: Nelson Mandela (Deputy ANC Pres) and Nujoma
in crowd: Sot Mandela in crowd "This is an historic
day": Later shots of flag fluttering: crowd in formation
in packed stands: swearing-in of Nujoma and other
ministers: Namibians celebrating on streets of capital:
on trucks in rural area: CU little boy with Namibian
flag-hat: WTN
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