Rhodesian Crisis: Dispute Goes To United Nations
Rhodesian Crisis: Dispute Goes To United Nations
NO AUDIO Britain asks the United Nations to help settle the question of Rhodesian independence. They request economic sanctions and an arms embargo against the rebel government. It's the latest move in a 13 month battle by Britain to crush Prime Minister Ian Smith's white minority regime. A town square of fountains and trees in the center of downtown Rhodesia. CU Two men and a woman sitting on a bench. Tall office buildings. Young women walking down the street smiling. Man sells newspapers on a busy intersection. In a store front window, a large portrait of Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith and other politicians hanging in exhibit beside him. CU Ian Smith walking out of a building surrounded by press and military men stationed outside a building. Aerial shot of Battleship flying the British Flag. On deck of the Battleship, Ian and Labor Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Harold Wilson talk. Dusk shots of London skyline. CU Harold Wilson addressing United Nations assembly. Various high angle shots of assembly in progress.