Queen Goes To Ghana (1961)

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Title reads: "Queen goes to Ghana".
Various shots market street in capital Accra, Ghana (Gold Coast). L/S posters of Queen Elizabeth II and President Kwame Nkrumah at roadside. C/U newspaper stall, zoom in on headline "Bomb Outrage on President's Statue". Various shots of statue covered in scaffolding, some damage around feet. Aerial shot aeroplane. L/S Accra airport building. Various shots Commonwealth Minister Duncan Sandys disembarking from plane, he is met by press and Ghanaian Foreign Minister. Sandys is in Ghana to check it is safe enough for Queen to visit. L/S of large arch with date 1957 on (the Freedom Arch). Sandys and an official walk under it. C/U two Ghanaian workmen. Various shots Sandys and President Nkrumah inspecting bomb damaged statue. Various shots Sandys and Nkrumah walking through crowd lined streets. Various shots Nkrumah and Sandys on tour of inspection of royal route, the President waves to crowd from back of convertible car. L/S flags flying in streets, pan to L/S traffic policeman. More shots Sandys and Nkrumah in car.
Panning shot Queen's car arriving at London Airport on cold foggy day. Various shots crowds of ex-pat Ghanaians waving flags. Various shots Queen and Duke of Edinburgh (Prince Philip) walking across tarmac to plane. A small Ghanaian girl, Pearl Acquaye, presents Queen with bouquet. Queen then talks to Ghanaian law student, Ekow Daniels. Duke shakes Ekow's hand. Queen shakes hands with various government ministers, including Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Sandys. She then says goodbye to Earl of Scarborough and Lord Chamberlain. Queen and Duke board plane. Good shots of Macmillan and other ministers waving. End title advertising forthcoming Pathe stories about Royal Tour in Technicolor.
Note: for search purposes - Ghanians and Ghanaians.
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[@_r.chmond]

Some top camera work and editing. This is really nice to watch.

[@simonreeve6773]

Superb job by the camera operator. Beautiful pictures.

[@habinadadsadelsilvadiaz8700]

:(

[@Filmarkiv]

@@habinadadsadelsilvadiaz8700 ?

[@peachtreee4649]

Wow. Ghana in 2022 haven't changed much since 1961 besides the vehicles. 🤔

[@thecrypto5340]

Good point bro or sis

[@luisfelipedossantoslopes-9516]

A lot has changed...

[@memphisakan4691]

​@@luisfelipedossantoslopes-9516we take one step forward three step backwards. Accra should be better than what it looks like now

[@heartsandpearls239]

Most of the buildings you see here, have remained the same.

[@billtimothysr1016]

I wish to now see how old that lady will now be... The lady who presented the flowers to the Queen....

[@alanaw27]

She’ll probably be in around seventy.

[@WhatPowerAreYou]

That lady knows how to walk with Grace and nobility 😮❤

[@ExploreWithAra]

Wonderful 🙌🏽

[@barbaraobach]

Uh I don't want to be ignorant, but with the way it was pillaged, the corruptions, the abuse of women, was Ghana stable economically in the early 60's ,I see people with cars and wearing modern clothes ? At least the part the Queen's visiting

[@luisfelipedossantoslopes-9516]

Ghana has always been stable, even today, even though it is in the cauldron below Burkina Faso and close to the jihadist crisis.

[@agoogo5026]

Really!

[@arakami8547]

Briefly according to Wikipedia, the independent government declared it would be the only party able to run in elections. Following was a military coup, until finally 12 years after independence, a free election was held. Prior to colonization by the British who abolished slavery previously rampant, the Ashanti Empire was the preeminent power in the region. The nigh-theocratic Ashanti Empire was notable for its slave economy and military, but also for the war of the golden stool - the golden stool being a stool for the Ashanti King.

[@onyxriver]

Why the people wore coats and thick clothings? Isn't it weather in Ghana tropical?

[@steveadjei3127]

RIP 👑👑

[@MrRogot]

Bomb explosion to make the Queen cancel the visit. Won't be difficult to know who's behind it.

[@kate.3848]

Very sad how gullible people are?