General information

Call No.:

350-3-2:4/1

Part of series

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

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #4 / No. 1

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009776

Date of production

2000-05-17

Date

2000

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

3 min.

Notes

APTN Footage. No: 3302001. Content: SL 15-37. APTN collection of news and reports on the conflict in Sierra Leone.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

APTN report on the conflict in Sierra Leone which includes footage from May 17, 2000, the day the leader of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Foday Sankoh was captured. It also contains shots of the crowd and soldiers gathered outside of the Sierra Leone Army Headquarters at Cockerill; a still of Sankoh crammed into a car and surrounded by the people who have arrested him; footage of the scene outside of Sankoh's Freetown compound on May 8, 2000, when rebel soldiers opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators; and footage of British soldiers patrolling the area around Lungi Airport. The video features interviews with bystanders to the capture of Fadoy Sankoh; UN Spokesman David Wimhurst, who explains that the UN did not play a part in the apprehension of Sankoh; and Foday Sankoh himself, talking about the RUF being provoked.

Context

Associated Names

APTN (Creator/Author)