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Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett
"Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett, K.C.B., D.S.O." In June 1961, Lieutenant-General Sir Nigel Poett returns to the Far East to succeed General Sir Richard Hall as Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces. General Poett had previously served with...
Central Office of Information, London
Londoners Greet American Astronaut
Colonel Frank Borman, commander of America's Apollo 8 flight around the moon, is greeted enthusiastically by Londoners as he arrives in Downing Street, to call on Mr. Harold Wilson, Britain's Prime Minister. Col. Borman was later invited to Buckin...
Central Office of Information, London
Queen Addresses Sierra Leone Parliament
"Queen Addresses Sierra Leone Parliament" Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are pictured inside the parliament building in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Her Majesty for the first time presided over the Parliament of an independent West Af...
Central Office of Information, London
Sir Milton Margai Greets Duke Of Kent
The Duke of Kent who is representing Queen Elizabeth II at Sierra Leone's Inedependence (...) greeted by Sir Milton Margai, Sierra Leone (....) on his arrival at Waterloo airfield, (....) The colony and protectorate became (....) and is now the ne...
Central Office of Information, London
Young Commonwealth Artists' Exhibition in London
"Young Commonwealth Artists' Exhibition in London" The painting "Waiting Men" by art student Dora Orphanou of Cyprus (extreme left) stimulates comments from two of her friends, Bill Owusu from Ghana and Charlotte Baissac, 22, from Mauritious, as t...
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