Nigerian Elections (1959)

Nigeria. Documentation on file. Crowds gathered in street at pre-election rally. MS. of flag pan down to rear of crowd. LS. Large crowd in street, action group rally, many of crowd waving arms and jumping up and down. Queue of people outside Polling Station, camera pans along queue. CU. Men and women in queue. CU. Child sitting on mother's lap. CU. Baby being carried on mother's back. Policeman ushering people into Polling Station. Queue of people waiting to be finger printed. Men and women being fingerprinted. CU. Woman being fingerprinted. Woman hands man sitting at table her registration papers. CU. Of Polling Officer writing. Sir James Robertson Governor-General escorted into Polling Station. CA. Men and women. Sir James Robertson leaves station walks through crowd talks to some of them. CA. of Nigerian. Car drives away through cheering crowds. Man checks seals on Ballot Box. Counting votes. Election results on board. Crowd watching. Fresh result being put up. Crowd cheering. Fresh result being put up. Crowd. (Mute Dupe Neg.) FILM ID:2906.18 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/