General information

Call No.:

350-3-2:4/10

Part of series

HU OSA 350-3-2 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Africa: Sierra Leone

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #4 / No. 10

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009776

Date of production

2000-05-13

Date

2000

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

3 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

This video features footage from May 13, 2000, when pro-government troops led by the former SLA "Westside" unit and Kamajors captured the town of Masiaka, a strategically important town throughout the ten-year civil war in Sierra Leone. The video includes footage of Westside soldiers and Kamajors firing their weapons in the air and celebrating in the streets; a Kamajor commander explaining that they met with fierce resistance after an early morning attack but were able to prevail; images of British forces assisting a group of 60 Senegalese nationals as they make their way to a large transport helicopter for evacuation; excerpts from a press conference featuring presidential spokesman Professor Septimus Kai Kai; and footage of British troops patrolling the streets of Freetown.

Context

Associated Names

APTN (Creator/Author)