Queen In Sierra Leone (1961)

Item title reads - Queen in Sierra Leone.
Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Freetown in Sierra Leone.
L/S of Freetown harbour, L/S of the yacht "Britannia" sailing in. M/S of men firing 21 gun salute. C/U of two African sailors. M/S of canoes and fishing boats sailing over to the royal yacht. Various shots of dignitaries sitting down waiting to greet the Queen. C/U of the Governor-General Sir Maurice Dorman smiling as he stands on the quay with his wife. L/S of the boats in the harbour. Queen Elizabeth II comes ashore and is met by Prime Minister Sir Milton Margai. The 1st battalion of the Royal Sierra Leone regiment form Guard of honour. The Queen inspects the Guard. M/S of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, stood with the Prime Minister. C/U of dignitaries. Her car drives through the streets and people cheer.
Various shots of Freetown with its market and busy streets. L/S of boats by the seashore with baskets of food on the beach. C/U of fish in a basket, a woman carries it on her head. Another carries coconuts. Various good shots of African women and children sat by the baskets of food, some of the women have babies strapped to their backs.
L/S of Victoria Park full of people as the Queen drives through. She shakes hands with the mayor and walks up the red carpet whilst dignitaries watch, one lady has gold coins in her hair. The Queen meets tribal chiefs, C/U of Queen watching whilst Duke chats to one. A girls presents the Queen with a bouquet of flowers, and a boy gives the Duke a buttonhole. Good M/S of the Duke smiling and laughing.
FILM ID:1211.06
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[@777lucifero]

Holy cow. I was living there as a kid 1987-1992. There was not all this technology that we see in this video of the 60s. There was no more tram, it was all broken from a long time. Never saw a single working tram in 5 years. I remember people saying there was more tech/structure in colonial times than in 1980s, now I can really picture it. This video from the 60s looks better than what there was in the late 80s. And yea electricity was way too rare to have a tram. We had to turn on the generator when we needed some electricity, at night most of the time the city was totally dark. sometimes you could see some spots that got electricity for a little bit, and the rest of the city pitch dark.

[@derekbell4641]

Someone else very famous lived in Freetown at one point. Tony Blair's father was a lecturer of Law at Freetown Uni in the 60s and his wife, Cherie Blair, her granddad (paternal) was a chief steward on the MV Aureol at the same time. Aureol used to ply the coastal passenger route from the UK to Lagos, stopping at Las Palmas, Banjul, Freetown.

[@thejoshcoker]

Touching.

[@MrMaxeemum]

That puts a smile on my face.

[@AjaniSpeaks]

What the fact that they stole from us ?

[@MrMaxeemum]

@@AjaniSpeaks 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@nikrose5229]

@@AjaniSpeaks Stole what? The British gave you everything.

[@colinhorstmann1749]

@@nikrose5229 I live in a residential group, a girl told me about the Story in Sierra leone back then, the British came and murdered and abducted people and stole a ton of gold and diamonds, Even decades after, theres no compensation, not even a hint of guilt. There's still a burnt slaughterhouse on the beachside, It's a tragedy, but no one cares since it happened in Africa. Only a horrible person could do such a thing.

[@colinhorstmann1749]

@@nikrose5229 Half of the girls family was killed, their house was hit with an explosion , her father fled the country back then.

[@aminasesayaminata1322]

A beautiful moment

[@nettiebutts6672]

All they stole from my people.

[@colinhorstmann1749]

Can you please tell me the story? I Wanna know more.

[@ukhtiiiii]

@@colinhorstmann1749 The British stole many minerals and exploited Africa

[@colinhorstmann1749]

@@ukhtiiiii thank you

[@AfriAbundance]

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