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Nigerian Moslems parade and feast to celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in Lagos, Nigeria.

Thousands of Nigerian Moslems celebrate the birthday of Prophet Mohammed in Lagos, Nigeria. Men, women and children gathered for the celebration. Festivities include parades, feasting, and a family carnival. School children parade with hand made banners. A banner reads 'Kawamu Arabic School'. A banquet for the entire town at the local race track. People savour various kinds of specially prepared food.

Date: 1966, June
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021953
Civilians volunteer to join Nigerian Army after Biafra declared its independence in Lagos,Nigeria.

Crisis in Lagos, Nigeria. Buses lined up on streets to carry civilian volunteers to Nigerian Army Recruiting Centers. Nigerian men protest and spread violence after the eastern states,Biafra declares its independence. Policemen control the crowd. Women also join the men volunteer for military service.

Date: 1967, June 9
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072484
Nigerian Prime Minister Balewa kidnapped by the rebels after some days of the Commonwealth Minister's Conference in Nigeria.

Nigerian Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa abducted by the rebels in Nigeria. Exterior of a building. Vehicular traffic passes on the street. "Federal Palace Hotel" written on the top of a building. Past events show Prime Minister Balewa as he arrives to preside at a Commonwealth Minister's Conference. The ministers seated at a desk and Balewa speaks to them.

Date: 1966, January 17
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061783
R. Sargent Shriver shows articles collected from various nations as he prepares to leave his office in Washington DC.

Director of Peace Corps Robert Sargent Shriver in Washington DC. Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. is interviewed. He is questioned about pictures and sovereigns as he prepares to leave his office. Pictures and sovereigns in the office. Sargent Shriver removes a Mexican sombrero and a whip from a wall and tells the interviewer how he obtained it. He shows a wooden stick which was used and presented by the chief of a tribe of West Africa. An ebony cane received from northern Nigeria. He shows the Magsaysay Foundation Award for the work done by United States Peace Corps in Asia. He shows the White House pen which was used by former U.S. President John F. Kennedy to sign the Peace Corps Act on September 27, 1961 with the President's autograph. Sargent shows a framed letter by the parents of the first Peace Corps volunteer to die abroad. He reads out the letter.

Date: 1966
Duration: 6 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071954
Scenes of women in various roles and fashion during the late sixties

A stylist grooms a woman, wearing fashionable go-go boots and polka-dotted micro mini dress. An British women's rights and feminist organization, marching on the street holding signs and placards with messages like “Equal Pay NOW!” and “Free Contraception” during the first women's liberation march. The crowned Miss World 1966, Reita Faria, smiles. Women wrestlers. A female wrestler throws her opponent, a black woman, on the wrestling ring floor. A mass wedding inside a stadium in Japan. Miss World 1966, Reita Faria, smiles with Miss World 1966 runner-up contestants (Miss Brazil- Marlucci Rocha, Miss Greece- Efi Fontini Plumbi, Miss Yugoslavia- Nikica Marinovic, Miss Italy-Gigliola Carbonara). Two policewomen, patrolling the street together, salute at the camera. Opening sequence of “Echo Newsreel” featuring a scene of various topics, such as the Big Ben Tower.

Date: 1969
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079020
Hogan (Kid) Bassey of Nigeria defeats Cherif Hamia of Algeria, to win Featherweight World Championship in Paris, France

Featherweight World Championship Fight in Palace of Sports, Paris,France. Algerian Cherif Hamia boxing against Nigerian Hogan (Kid) Bassey. Hamia knocks Bassey down for the count of eight. But Bassey comes back strong and the referee has to stop the fight. Kid Bassey is the winner and new World Champion.

Date: 1957, June 24
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044734
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