Somalia Breaks Off Relations (1963)

Mogadishu, Somalia (Somaliland) & Nairobi, Kenya.



GV. Street in Mogadishu, Somalia. GV. Parliament building. SV. Ornamental arch. GV. British embassy. CU. Sign 'British Embassy Chancery'. GV. Interior, showing packing cases. Somalia has broken diplomatic relation with Britain over Colonial Secretary decision to let Kenya keep a piece of land claimed by Somalia. GV. Mrs Martin enters the room carrying a suitcase. CU. Packing case with the name "Miss J. E. Mitchell" written on it. SV. Luggage being loaded into a jeep. SV. One of the embassy's native staff being paid off. SV. Embassy officials and their families at the airport. SCU. Small boy looking bewildered. SV. People saying goodbye - Slip pan - SV. People alighting from aircraft at Nairobi Airport, Kenya. GV. Crowd of people walking across the tarmac away from the aircraft.
FILM ID:1756.04

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