Harambe History of the Republic of Kenya

Landscapes: Mount Kenya, fruit palms, cacti, Lake Victoria. Photos: Kenyans in concentration camps behind barbed wire. Colonial police building. British military fortifications. The leaders of the political party KANU - National Union of Africans of Kenya: J. Kenyatta, D. Chichuru, O. Odinga, T. Mboya. Leaders of the Democratic Union of Africans of Kenya (CADU), headed by R. Ngala. Conferences in London on the Constitution of Kenya (1962-1963). D. Kenyatta proclaims a new constitution for Kenya; proclamation of independence of Kenya (December 12, 1963). Kenyans carry out agricultural work on land acquired; harvesting coffee, tea; fishing on Lake Victoria; logging. Farm of the cattle-breeding cooperative; herd of cows; meat processing enterprise, production of canned meat. Nairobi city. Workers are working in the locomotive repair shops. Highway construction. Loading and unloading operations in the port of Mombasa. Tourists buy souvenirs on the streets of Mombasa - wooden toys. The territory of an oil refinery in the city of Mombasa. Geologists are conducting exploration work. Classes of schoolchildren in schools, students at the university in the city of Nairobi. Doctors examine children at a medical center. Doctors from Denmark, Sweden, and the USSR work in the Center's tuberculosis laboratory. Workers work in the printing house. Cars are leaving the cooperative taxi fleet. The last part of the British troops leave Kenya. Nairobi city. Celebration of the 1st anniversary of the proclamation of independence of the Republic of Kenya: parade of troops; Kenyan President J. Kenyatta and Vice President O. Odinga take the oath. Reception by the Government of Kenya in honor of foreign delegations attending the celebrations (December 12, 1964).

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Screenplay by A. Hughes