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Nkrumah Meets Nehru.

Nkrumah Meets Nehru.
Clip: 355974_1_1
Year Shot: 1958 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1654
Original Film: 031-104-03
HD: N/A
Location: India
Timecode: 00:48:48 - 00:49:45

Nkrumah Meets Nehru. Prime Minister Nkrumah of Ghana is greeted by Nehru as he arrives for a state visit to India. Airport. The African nationalist leader receives a cordial reception from Indian leaders and African students, some in traditional (?) clothing, some waving flags, some with drums. The Prime Minister of Ghana gets garlands or flowers (leis) piled around his neck till he can barely see. Indians and Africans lay a wreath.