Ghana After the Anti-Nkrumah Coup | News Report | March 1966

Footage of ITN news report on the aftermath of the military which overthrew the government of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in February 1966.

Locations:

1. Outside Ussher Fort Prison (where opponents of Nkrumah's regime were imprisoned).

2. Soldiers occupying Accra Airport.

3. An alleged communist guerrilla training camp.

Interviews with:

A. James Moxham (Former British diplomat resident in Ghana).

B. Unidentified British man.

C. Kobla Atto (Publicity Secretary of the banned United Party Self-described socialist politician imprisoned by Nkrumah's government).

C. Lt. General Joseph Ankrah (Head of the junta styled the National Liberation Council at his first press conference after the coup).

News Presenter: Sandy Gall.

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