1.
GV PRES. BONGO ARRIVES IN MOTORCADE
0.05

2.
SCU PAN..BONGO PAST CAMERA
0.10

3.
SV GUARD OF HONOUR AND FLAG (2 SHOTS)
0.14

4.
MV BONGO AT ATTENTION
0.17

5.
GV POLICE MARCH PAST AT START OF PARADE
0.24

6.
SV BONGO ON FASTRUN
0.27

7.
SV TROOPS MARCH PAST (3 SHOTS)
0.45

8.
MV BONGO
0.48

9.
CU GIRL PAST CARRYING FLAG "LIBREVILLE"
0.49

10.
SV YOUNG ATHLETES PAST
0.53

11.
SV FOOTBALLERS PARADING
1.01

12.
MV BONGO
1.04

13.
SV GIRLS CARRYING BANNER "ECOLE NATIONALE DE SANTE"
1.12

14.
SV ANOTHER GROUP OF GIRLS CARRYING BANNER MARCH PAST
1.17

15.
SV CROWDS AND PARADE (3 SHOTS)
1.34

16.
SV BONGO APPLAUDING
1.36



Initials OJP/VS/BOB/ES



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Background: LIBREVILLE, THE CAPITAL OF GABON, HAS CELEBRATED THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE GABON DEMOCRATIC PARTY WITH A SPECIAL PARADE THROUGH ITS STREETS.

TWO YEARS AGO, LAST THURSDAY (12 MARCH), THE GABON DEMOCRATIC PARTY WAS FOUNDED BY PRESIDENT ALBERTO-BERNARD BONGO. THE PARADE WAS ONE OF THE CELEBRATIONS MARKING THE ANNIVERSARY.

THE CELEBRATIONS BEGAN WHEN PRESIDENT BONGO ARRIVED IN A PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE.

A MARCH-PART OF MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE STARTED THE PARADE.

A WARM RECEPTION WAS GIVEN TROOPS OF GABON'S ARMY, AIR FORCE, AND WOMEN'S CORPS.

PRESIDENT BONGO, AT ONLY THIRTY-TWO, IS ONE OF THE YOUNGEST NATIONAL LEADERS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT. HE BECAME VICE-PRESIDENT OF GABON ONLY SIX YEARS AFTER LEAVING THE AIR FORCE TO TAKE UP POLITICS. HE LATER SUCCEEDED LEON M'BA AS PRESIDENT.