Independence - Old And New (1960)

Item title reads - Independence - Old and new. London and Ghana. Americans gather to celebrate Independence Day on July 4th in Battersea Park, London. M/S pan across crowds of Americans in Battersea Pleasure Gardens. M/S children walking past camera holding plates of food. M/S black man. M/S balloons tied in huge bunches to the trees, pan down to crowds of people. C/U bunch of balloons. M/S stage where the ’Queen of Douglas House’, (the American Servicemen’s Club in London) beauty contest is taking place. M/S’s of the contestants. Various shots of the judges who include Douglas Fairbanks and Marion Ryan. M/S crowd watching. M/S winner Mrs Jean Jorns being crowned. C/U of her wearing the crown. M/S children jumping up and down on net full of balloons. Various shots as they sit on the grass and eat. C/U little black boy eating. sausage. Intertitle - ’Ghana’ (Africa). Various shots of hoards of people lining stands and the streets, camera pans down to President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s car, he is on