1974SOCIAL ISSUES
GERMANY BRINGS APARTHEID AND GENOCIDE IN THE NAME OF PROTECTION FOLLOWED BY BRITISH AND SOUTH AFRICA CONTROL AFTER GERMAN DEFEAT IN WWI, WITH CONTINUED APARTHEID.
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IN OUTDOOR FORMAL CEREMONY AN OFFICIAL CARRIES AN ELABORATE STAFF TOPPED WITH AN EMBLEM OF AN EAGLE & HANDS IT TO A NEW TRIBAL CHIEF WEARING AN ELABORATE ROBE.
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HILGARD MULLER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF SOUTH AFRICA ADDRESS PEOPLE AT THE OUTDOOR CEREMONY, AS SOUTH AFRICA TRIES TO ESTABLISH ITS CONTROL OF NAMIBIA.
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TALKING HEAD: SAM NUJOMA, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH WEST AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION (SWAPO), SPEAKS OUT AGAINST SOUTH AFRICAN ILLEGAL RULE OVER NAMIBIA.
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JOHANNES BALTHAZAR VORSTER, PRIME MINISTER OF SOUTH AFRICA, SAYS SOUTH AFRICA HAS EARNED THE CONFIDENCE OF THE NAMIBIAN PEOPLE AND HAS NO INTENTION OF GIVING IT UP.
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TALKING HEAD: SEAN MACBRIDE, UN COMMISSIONER FOR NAMIBIA CALLS IT COLONIALISM.
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CU MAP OF AFRICA SHOWS THE PROXIMITY OF NAMIBIA TO SOUTH AFRICA.
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PAN OF THE BARREN DESERT OF NAMIBIA. AERIAL THOUSANDS OF BIRDS FLY OVER THE WETLANDS OF NAMIBIA, AS SEEN FROM ABOVE THEM, PAN TO ARID DESERT.
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A STONE CROSS ERECTED BY PORTUGESE EXPLORERS 8 YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS REACHED THE AMERICAS. THE CROSS WAS UNDISTURBED AND UNSEEN FOR 4 CENTURIES
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TREACHEROUS WAVES POUND HUGE ROCKS ON SHORE WHERE MANY SHIPS OF YORE WERE WRECKED.
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PAN OF THE BARREN NAMIB DESERT OF NAMIBIA.
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PAN OF SAND COVERED DEBRIS IN AN ABANDONED TOWN IN THE DESERT. OLD WAGON WHEELS LAY IN THE SAND.
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PAN OF THE KALAHARI DESERT TO THE EAST.
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CATTLE WALK THROUGH A STREAM OF WATER
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TWO BLACK NAMIBIAN NATIVES BALANCE HUGE BASKETS ON THEIR HEADS AS THEY WALK THROUGH A FOREST OF DRY LEAVELESS TREES, OTHER NATIVES USE POLES TO POUND THE GROUND
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GROUP OF BLACK NAMIBIAN NATIVES SQUAT & PLAY A FORM OF GAME WITH PEBBLES.
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BLACK MINE WORKERS WEARING MINERS HARD HATS EXIT THE MINES. OTHER GROUPS LAY TIES FOR A RAILROAD.
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LONG LINE OF BLACK WORKERS LIFT A HEAVY RAIL INTO PLACE BY HAND.
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DOUBLE LINE OF NATIVES MARCH WITH TOILET BOWLS TANKS ON THEIR HEADS AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE.
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THREE NATIVE WOMEN BALANCE BASKETS OF CLOTHING ON THEIR HEADS.
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WHITE BISHOP COLIN WINTERS EXPLAINS WHY NAMIBIAN WORKERS WERE ON STRIKE.
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BLACK NAMIBIAN HORSEMEN OF HERRERO TRIBE DRIVE A LARGE HERD OF CATTLE ON PLAINS OF NAMIBIA.
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CU OLD WRINKLE FACED NAMIBIAN WOMAN WITH RING IN NOSE AND BEADS IN HAIR TRIBESMEN STAND, CLAP THEIR HANDS, LET OUT YELLS. CU PAN OF FACES OF OLD WOMEN AS THEY CLAP THEIR HANDS AND SING OUT.
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LONG LINE OF NATIVES CHOP INTO THE DIRT WITH PICK AXES TO PREPARE GROUND FOR RAILROAD TRACKS.
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MONTAGE ONLY A HAND HANDFUL OF WHITE MEN AND WOMEN ARE IN CROWD OF PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH SHOPPING DISTRICT, YET THEY CONTROL THE COUNTRY.
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MONTAGE BLACK WORKERS DRIVE AND OPERATE HEAVY EQUIPMENT AT MINES AND PLANTS.
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WHITE-OWNED FISHING FLEETS JAM LEAVE HARBOR FOR FISHING GROUNDS THAT ARE RICHEST IN WORLD. WHITE FISHERMEN PULL IN NETS LADEN WITH TONS OF FISH.
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WHITE HORSEMAN MOVES CATTLE ALONG WITH HIS WHIP AS WHITE OWNED RANCHES USE THE EXPERIENCED HERRERO TRIBESMEN AS LABORERS
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MONTAGE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF NAMIBIA DURING THE 1880'S WHEN GERMANS CAME TO SOUTH WEST AFRICA.
BRINGING THE USUAL COLONIAL PACKAGE. 1ST THE MISSIONARIES, THEN TRADERS AND FINALLY CHARTERED COMPANIES AND CONCESSIONS. |
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PHOTO OF MISSIONARY WOMAN WITH 2 BLACK CHILDREN.
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PHOTO OF COMMISSIONER GORING AND HIS SON WHO BECAME HITLER'S NUMBER 2 MAN WAS SENT TO NAMIBIA BY BISMARCK TO PERSUADE THE AFRICAN CHIEFS TO ACCEPT THE "PROTECTION" OF GERMANY.
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1880'S PHOTO OF PRIMITIVE AFRICAN MEN, WOMEN &
CHILDREN POSING FOR CAMERA IN 1880'S. |
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CU PHOTO OF CHIEF MAHARERO, SEEN IN MILITARY UNIFORM, SIGNED THE "PROTECTION" TREATY
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PHOTO OF CHIEF BITBOY OF THE NAMA TRIBE POSES WITH WIVES. HE WROTE MAHERERO PROPHETIC LETTER PREDICTING CONSEQUENCES OF SIGNING TREATY WITH THE "WHITE MEN".
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CU PHOTO OF GERMAN MAJOR LUDVINE, WAS SET OUT TO MAKE SOUTH AFRICA SECURE FOR GERMANY. HE LATER BECAME GOVERNOR.
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PIPE-SMOKING SETTLER AND WIFE ARE SERVED TEA BY BLACK SERVANT AS SETTLERS AND FARMERS CAME TO SOUTH AFRICA. (PHOTO)
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PHOTO OF GERMAN BUSINESS MEN GATHERING AROUND MINE SHAFT STRUCTURE AS THE GERMAN FORTUNE HUNTERS DUG FOR DIAMONDS AND GOLD.
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PHOTO OF 2 NATIVES WITH THE LOOK OF DISTRESS ON THEIR FACE.
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PHOTO OF HERRERO TRIBESMEN WITH RIFLES, 7000 STRONG, 1/3 WITH FIREARMS, FOUGHT BACK AND TOOK ON ENTIRE GERMAN ARMY.
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PHOTO OF GERMAN TROOPS WITH MODERN WEAPONS &
CANNONS. |
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PHOTO OF GERMAN FIRING SQUAD SHOOTING A HERRERO TRIBESMAN TIED TO TREE. ORDERS WERE GIVEN TO KILL ALL HERRERO MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
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PHOTO OF CHIEF BITBOY ON HIS HORSE WITH HIS MEN.
HE REPUTIATED TREATY WITH GERMAN AND WENT TO WAR AFTER THE MASSACRE. CU WEATHERED FACE OF CHIEF BITBOY. |
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PHOTO OF HERRERO PRISONERS WHOSE RANKS WERE DESIMATED FROM 85,000 TO 15,000
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PHOTO OF GERMAN OFFICERS RIDING CAMELS.
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REVEREND MICHAEL SCOTT TELLS OF BROKEN PROMISES MADE BY ENGLAND TO HERRERO TRIBESMEN FOR FIGHTING GERMANY IN WWI
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LATE BRITISH GENERAL SMUT, A SOUTH AFRICAN, ATTENDS LEAGUE OF NATIONS MEETING AFTER WWI
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REVEREND MICHAEL SCOTT, WHO BROUGHT CHIEFS PETITIONS TO UNITED NATIONS, SPEAKS TO REPORTER IN 1948.
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NAMIBIA DELEGATE SPEAKS AT UN.
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AS PRINCE PHILIP LOOKS ON AFRICAN TROOPS PASS FLAG DURING INDEPENDENCE CEREMONIES, BUT NOT YET NAMIBIA. HUGE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
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1966 GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING WHERE NAMIBIA WAS PUT UNDER DIRECT CONTROL OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
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JUDGES SIT AT THE WORLD COURT & RULE THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF SOUTH AFRICA IN NAMIBIA AS ILLEGAL.
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CU JOHANNES BALTHAZAR VORSTER, PRIME MINISTER OF SOUTH AFRICA, REJECTS THE WORLD COURT OPINION.
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SAM NUJOMA, PRESIDENT OF SWATO, SPEAKS OF UNDERGROUND MOVEMENT IN NAMIBIA.
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KURT WALDHEIM, SECRETARY GENERAL OF UN, ARRIVES IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IS MET BY CROWDS OF PROTESTORS.
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WALDHEIM MEETS WITH SOUTH AFRICAN OFFICIALS. ALSO MEETS OUTDOORS WITH AFRICAN LEADERS, THEN SPEAKS WITH NEWSMEN ABOUT MEETINGS.
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TALKING HEAD: CU SEAN MCBRIDE, APPOINTED AS UN COMMISSIONER FOR NAMABIA IN 1974, SPEAKS.
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CROWD OF SOLEMN FACED NAMIBIAN PEOPLE SIT AT OUTDOOR MEETING
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TALKING HEAD: CU CLEMENS CAPUO, LEADER OF HERRERO PEOPLE SPEAKS.
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