General information

Call No.:

350-3-2:4/4

Part of series

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

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #4 / No. 4

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009776

Date of production

1997-06-12

Date

1997

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

2 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

Footage shot in Queen Elizabeth II Quay, a locality in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on June 12, 1997, when over a thousand civilians flooded the quay in an attempt to board the “African Queen” and flee Sierra Leone following days of fighting between Nigerian troops and the Sierra Leone Army (SLA). It includes footage of suspected looters who have been taken to the military headquarters at Cockerill.

Context

Associated Names

APTN (Creator/Author)