Mobutu Meets Nixon
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 9
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: President Nixon Meets Mr Mobutu. DESCRIPTION: An important visitor from Africa welcomed at the White House. President Nixon greets Congo-Kinshasa’s President Joseph Mobutu making his first official visit to the United States. SHOTLIST: LV exterior President and Mrs Mobutu are greeted by President and Mrs Nixon. GV onlookers. SV portrait George Washington pan down to Nixon and Mobutu sitting in armchairs. SCU ditto. GV graves at Arlington Cemetery. SV tomb of unknown soldier. SCU guards on steps. LV President Mobutu lays wreath at tomb of unknown soldier. GV exterior White House (night). SV Nixon, Mobutu and wives arrive at reception. SCU pan from both men to wives.
- Keywords
- Commemorations; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Foreign relations; Ceremonies
- Locations
- Washington; United States of America
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 96249
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 68
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