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00:00:50 7.7
BIAFRAN LEADER LT. COLONEL ODOMEGWU OJUKWU MAKES
SPEECH PLEADING FOR PEACE WITH NIGERIANS, BLAMING
BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND NIGERIAN MILITARY LEADER
GOWON, VOWS TO FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE.
00:01:55 72.7
GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON, NIGERIAN MILITARY LEADER
SPEAKING TO SCORE OF REPORTERS, CAMERAS, SAYS, "WE
ARE DOING OUR BEST". AND THAT THEY NEVER GIVE HIM
CREDIT FOR WHAT HE DOES. ANGRILYT TELLS REPORTER NOT
TO INTERRUPT WHEN HE SPEAKS.
00:02:35 112.7
TITLE: "ENCONCHONG-O'REILLY PRODUCTION, PRESENTS",
"THE NIGERIAN BIAFRAN WAR". SOUNDS OF HEAVY MACHINE
GUN FIRE, BOMBS EXPLODING.
00:02:50 127.7
MONTAGE REAL STREET FIGHTING INCLUDING TROOPS RUNNING
THROUGH STREETS FIRING RIFLES, MEN ON ARMORED
VEHICLES FIRING. VOICE OVER, AFRICAN STEEL DRUM
MUSIC, SINGER, AS CREDITS ARE SHOWN AND FIGHTING GOES
ON.
00:04:40 237.7
MAP OF AFRICA SHOWING LOCATION OF NIGERIA LAGOS AND
BIAFRA BORDERING EACH OTHER.
00:04:55 252.7
BANANAS, COCONUTS HANGING FROM TREES, OIL STORAGE
TANK FIELD, REFINERIES, AS VOICE OVER SPEAKS OF RICH
RESOURCES OF THE DISPUTED AREAS.
00:05:20 277.7
HUGE BULLDOZERS, DERRICKS, AFRICAN HARD HAT WORKERS
AT MASSIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE. MONTAGE OUTDOOR MARKET,
PEDESTRIAN, AUTO TRAFFIC IN BUSTLING AFRICAN CITY.
PEOPLE BALANCE PACKAGES, GOODS ON HEADS, AS THEY WALK
THROUGH STREETS. WOMAN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS, HEAD
WRAPPED IN BANDANA, CARRIES INFANT IN REAR OF PAPOOSE
WRAPPED AROUND WAIST
00:06:10 327.7
CROWDS CHILDREN, ADULTS, WAVE SMALL BRITISH FLAGS AS
THEY CHEER QUEEN ELIZABETH, PRINCE PHILLIP PAYING
ROYAL VISIT TO NIGERIAN COLONY. AFRICAN TRIBESMEN ON
CAMELS, HORSES NATIVE AFRICAN DANCERS PUT ON COLORFUL
PARADE, SHOW, FOR ROYAL COUPLE. CU TRIBESMAN WEARING
GROTESQUE MASK. NATIVES BEATING DRUMS.
00:07:17 394.7
CU PHOTO N. AZIKIWE, EX-PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, CHIEF
OBAFEMI AWOLOWA, SIR AMMADU BELLO, SARDAINA OF SOKOTO
ON PLATFORM MAKING SPEECH.
00:07:39 416.7
QUEEN ELIZABETH WALKS WITH NIGERIAN MEN IN
TRADITIONAL ROBES, TURBANS. CU PHOTO ALHAUI SIR
ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BELEWA.
00:07:52 429.7
NIGERIAN PARLIAMENT LEADERS IN TRADITIONAL COLORFUL
DRESS SIT AROUND CONFERENCE TABLE IN PALACE, ARE
ADDRESSED BY BRITISH LEADER.
00:08:41 478.7
PRIME MINISTER SIR ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA STANDS.
MAKES SPEECH OF INDEPENDENCE. 1960.
00:09:30 527.7
COLORFUL NIGERIAN TROOPS, IN VARIETY OF UNIFORMS ON
PARADE, BRITISH STYLE.
00:10:00 557.7
QUEEN ELIZABETH SITS AT NIGERIAN PARLIAMENT SESSION.
00:10:35 592.7
MONTAGE NIGERIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN EXIT SCHOOL. COLLEGE
STUDENTS WALKING ON CAMPUS. WHITE, BLACK TEACHERS
INSTRUCTING CLASSES OF NIGERIAN MEN WOMEN COLLEGE
STUDENTS. NIGERIAN NURSES TAKING CLASSES IN ANATOMY.
PAN HUGE MODERN HOSPITAL. SURGERY TEAM IN OPERATING
ROOM.
00:11:20 637.7
VARIOUS SCENES BLACK NURSES TREATING BLACK PATIENTS
IN HOSPITAL BEDS.
00:11:40 657.7
MONTAGE YOUNG BLACK TEACHER USES BLACKBOARD, POINTER,
AS HE TEACHES ENGLISH PHONETICALLY TO TRIBAL MEN,
CHILDREN GATHERED IN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. PAN CHILDREN,
ADULTS, ELDERLY, AS THEY REPEAT ENGLISH SENTENCES
CALLED OUT BY YOUNG MALE TEACHER.
00:12:01 678.7
MONTAGE HUGE CONSTRUCTION SITE; HARD HATS DRILLING
FOR OIL; MEN, WOMEN WORK AT HUNDREDS OF MILLING
MACHINES IN HUGE FACTORY.
00:12:35 712.7
HUGE WALL SIGN: "PARTY SYMBOLS" SHOW SYMBOLS FOR
VARIOUS POLITICAL PARTIES. PHOTOS OF VARIOUS
POLITICIANS WITH EX-PREMIER BEARING OLD RITUALISTIC
SCARS ON FACE. TALL, STATELY, BALEWA IN TRADITIONAL
DRESS, WALKS TO CAR.
00:12:55 732.7
MONTAGE MORE BLACK WORKERS AT VARIETY OF JOBS.
00:13:20 757.7
CHIEF ANTHONY ENAHORO, AT CONFERENCE TABLE WITH
OTHERS. SIR LOUIS MBANEFO AT CONFERENCE.
00:13:45 782.7
MONTAGE NIGERIAN POLITICIANS, ADDRESSING CROWD FROM
SOAP BOX. HUGE POLITICAL TOTE BOARD AT STADIUM.
00:14:42 839.7
CU POLITICIAN ANNOUNCES END OF CRISIS. WORKERS
PREPARE COLORFUL BALLOT BOXES.
00:15:00 857.7
MONTAGE NIGERIANS LINING UP AT VOTING PLACES. BEING
FINGERPRINTED, CASTING BALLOTS.
00:16:00 917.7
RIOTOUS CROWDS RUNNING THROUGH STREET. CU WOMAN WITH
RITUALISTIC FACE SCARS CRIES OVER BODY OF LOVED ONE
LYING IN STREET.
00:16:30 947.7
PHOTO MAJOR CHUKWUMA KADURA NZEOGWU LEADER OF BRUTAL
"OPERATION DAMISSA".
00:17:07 984.7
VARIOUS VIEWS PREMIER MOISE TCHOMBE OF FORMER BELGIAN
(KATAMGA) COLONY OF CONGO.
00:18:28 1065.7
THOUSANDS NIGERIAN TROOPS MARCHING TO U.S. AIR FORCE
CARGO PLANES, BOARD CARGO BAY THROUGH FORWARD RAMP.
00:19:00 1097.7
THOUSANDS OF NIGERIAN TROOPS BEING ADDRESSED BY
NIGERIAN LEADERS OUTDOORS. RAISE THEIR HATS IN CHEER.
AFRICAN DIGNITARIES AT BANQUET TABLE.
00:19:44 1141.7
NIGERIAN ARMY IN "OPERATION DAMISSA", ENTER VILLAGE
WITH MACHINE GUN MOUNTED VEHICLE, HEAVILY ARMED
TROOPS, BEGIN FIRING. (EXERCISE).
00:19:58 1155.7
MACHINE GUNNER MOWS DOWN VILLAGE MEN. BLACK SOLDIER
USES BULL HORN TO TELL VILLAGERS TO COME OUT OF
HIDING. GRAPHIC VIEW SOLDIER EXAMINES BODIES TO SEE
IF THEY ARE DEAD. TURNS THEM OVER WITH FOOT.
00:20:46 1203.7
BLACK MAN COMES RUNNING, SCREAMING OUT OF HUT
WIELDING MACHETE, TOWARDS CAMERA, IS KILLED BY AS HE
APPROACHES SOLDIER WITH MACHINE GUN. (DRAMATIZATION).
00:21:27 1244.7
CU PHOTOS MAJOR CHUKWAMAH NZEOGWU, MAJOR HASSAN USMAN
KATSINA. MILITARY TRUCKS DRIVING DOWN BIG CITY
STREET. TROOPS PATROLLING STREET.
00:24:12 1409.7
LARGE OVERHEAD SIGN AT FUNERAL GIVES NAME OF NIGERIAN
LEADER AND "THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF WELCOMES YOUR
CORPSE". HONOR GUARD CARRY COFFIN TO BURIAL GROUND.
FAMILY, PRIESTS, AFRICAN DIGNITARIES, LARGE CROWD
WATCH AS COFFIN IS LOWERED INTO GRAVE.
00:25:33 1490.7
LT. COL. ODUMEGWU OJUKWU MAKES SPEECH REJECTING GOWON
AS NEW LEADER OF NIGERIA.
00:26:55 1572.7
GRAPHIC PHOTO HUNDREDS DEAD BODIES LITTER CITY
STREET. VOICE OVER AFRICAN MUSIC, SINGER.
00:28:00 1637.7
OJUKWU MAKES DRAMATIC SPEECH ABOUT THOUSANDS BEING
MASSACRED, SAYS, "ONE BEGINS TO ASK, "AT WHAT STAGE
DOES THIS MASSACRE BECOME GENOCIDE". TELLS OF THE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS KILLED, THE FLIGHT OF TWO
MILLION FROM THE NORTH, AND HALF-MILLION REFUGEES
SLOWLY DYING OF STARVATION.
00:29:28 1725.7
LT. COL. YAKUBU "JACK" GOWON SPEAKING ON SUBJECT OF
SELF-DETERMINATION FOR BIAFRA.
00:30:51 1808.7
AIRLINER LANDING AT ABURU (GHANA) GOWON EXITS PLANE
FOR MEETING WITH OTHER AFRICAN LEADERS, INCLUDING
OJUKWU OF BIAFRA, LT. GENERAL ANKRAH AND OTHERS.
00:32:15 1892.7
MONTAGE MEN, WOMEN OF BIAFRA DOING ARMY DRILLS
SINGING AS THEY MARCH, GOING THROUGH TRAINING
EXERCISES.
00:32:53 1930.7
PHOTO COL. MOHAMMED SHUWA, COMMANDER OF NIGERIAN 1ST
DIVISION; LT COL MURTALA, COMMANDER 2ND DIVISION
MAKING SPEECH BEFORE MICROPHONES; LT. COL. BENJAMIN
ADEKUNLE "BLACK SCORPION", COMMANDER 3RD MARINE
COMMANDO DIVISION ALL OF WHICH WERE SUPPLIED BY U.S.
AND SOVIET UNION.
00:33:45 1982.7
CU FACE SHOTS MONTAGE BIAFRAN SOLDIERS AT ATTENTION,
GIVE THREE CHEERS. RAG TAG ARMY RECRUITS DOING
DRILLS.
00:34:43 2040.7
COL. JOSEPH "AIR RAID" ACHUZE (HANNIBAL) SEEN WITH OTHER MILITARY.
00:35:52 2109.7
MONTAGE NIGERIAN TROOPS IN DRAMATIZATION OF BATTLE
SCENES.
00:36:00 2117.7
CU COUNT CARL GUSTAV VON ROSEN, "DEVILS PILOT".
00:36:13 2130.7
PRESIDENT JULIUS NYERERE OF TANZANIA MAKING SPEECH TO
HUGE CROWD.
00:36:27 2144.7
CU CYPRIEN EKWENSI, AFRICAN WRITER; CU CHICK OBI,
MATHEMATICIAN AT OUTDOOR GATHERING; PHOTOS CHINUA
ACHEBE, WRITER; WOLE SOYINKA, PLAYWRITE.
00:37:32 2209.7
BATTLE SCENES ON JULY 25TH, 1967. TANKS, MORTAR,
ARTILLERY TEAMS FIRING WEAPONS IN JUNGLE.
00:38:26 2263.7
DRAMATIZATION: TROOPS CHARGING OUT OF JUNGLE TOWARDS
CAMERA. TANKS FIRING, MERCENARY TROOPS FIRING AK-47S
AT TANKS. MEN FALLING "WOUNDED", "DEAD".
00:40:51 2408.7
AFRICAN REFUGEES CARRYING BELONGS ON HEADS,
FURNITURE.
00:41:28 2445.7
CU MONTAGE PHOTOS CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO, POET; CU
WOMAN'S FACE, TILT UP TO HAT OF BANANAS; BLACK
SOLDIER WITH EYE PATCH BEING HELPED BY ANOTHER; BLACK
MEN WITH ONE LEG, CRUTCHES, PLAY GAME OF SOCCER; TILT
UP SOLDIER WITH ONE LEG ALONGSIDE SOLDIER WITH BOTH
EYES BANDAGED; DEAD SOLDIERS.
00:43:20 2557.7
DRAMATIZATION: GROUP OF WHITE MERCENARY SOLDIERS IN
FIELD, ONE PEERING AT BATTLE THROUGH BINOCULARS.
00:44:00 2597.7
MERCENARIES IN WILD CELEBRATION, DANCE WITH WOMEN,
DRINK. WHITE MERCENARY DANCES WITH BLACK FEMALE
SOLDIER. BLACK MAN AND WOMAN DO SALSA DANCE. MAN WITH
LIQUOR BOTTLE IN HAND AS HE DANCES.
00:46:30 2747.7
ODOMEGWU OJUKWU, BIAFRAN LEADER MAKES SPEECH OF
INDEPENDENCE AT AFRICAN CONFERENCE
00:48:07 2844.7
CU PHOTO COL. VICTOR BANJO.
00:49:22 2919.7
PHOTOS LT. COL. FESTUS AKAGHA WITH OTHER MILITARY;
BRIGADIER HILARY NIOKU; LT. COL ALEXANDER NADIEBO.
00:49:43 2940.7
CU BOOK: "THE NIGERIAN REVOLUTION AND THE BIAFRAN
WAR", BY ALEXANDER NADIEBO
00:50:05 2962.7
PHOTO LT. COL. FRANK OBIOHO
00:50:38 2995.7
MORE WAR SCENES IN JUNGLE.
00:51:00 3017.7
CU PHOTO BRIGADIER DAVID EJCOR.
00:51:24 3041.7
GRAPHIC SCENE OF FIRING SQUAD AT WORK.
00:53:12 3149.7
BATTLE SCENES
00:53:16 3153.7
PHOTO MAJOR THEOPHILUS YAKUBU DANIUMA. MONTAGE BATTLE
SCENES WITH DANIUMA TROOPS, TANKS.
00:54:35 3232.7
MONTAGE PEOPLE RUN THROUGH STREETS AS PLANE ATTACKS.
SOLDIER FIRES AT PLANE WITH RIFLE.
00:55:00 3257.7
BATTLE SCENES IN JUNGLE.
00:57:07 3384.7
DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS BY AIR RAIDS. WOMEN CHILDREN REFUGEES CARRY BELONGINGS ON HEADS. PAN MEN, WOMEN
DEAD LITTER STREETS IN VILLAGES. AS MEN USE HOSES TO
PUT OUT FIRES IN DAMAGED AUTOS.
00:58:53 3490.7
BODY OF CHILD IS PICKED OFF STREET CARRIED AWAY ON
STRETCHER. CU WHITE PRIEST BLESSES SCENE. ENDLESS
LINE OF REFUGEES CARRYING BELONGINGS HIT THE ROAD.
00:59:38 3535.7
NIGERIAN ARTILLERY CREW FIRING CANNON. MORTAR CREWS
FIRING INTO BIAFRA CITY. NIGERIAN TROOPS ENTER
CAPITOL CITY
01:00:00 3557.7
WOUNDED CHILDREN, ADULTS BEING ATTENDED IN HOSPITAL
BEDS.
01:00:37 3594.7
NIGERIAN GENERAL GOWON PREPARING FOR VICTORY SPEECH.
PAN TO CROWD, NEWSMEN, CAMERAS.
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Year: 1960-1969  Color: Color / Black & White
Genre: MISC. WARS

Description: DETAILED FOOTAGE AND HISTORY OF NIGERIAN-BIAFRAN WAR. WAR IN BIAFRA. REAL BATTLE FOOTAGE SHOT IN JUNGLES. AFRICAN NARRATOR AFRICAN MUSIC THROUGHOUT. GRAPHIC.

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