Interview with Hastings Banda, President of Malawi, 1960s - Archive Film 1015316

This film is available to license from our website at Huntley Film Archives, by searching for film 1015316 in our Film # search bar: https://www.huntleyarchives.com/ Interview with Dr. Hastings Banda, President of Nyasaland, later Malawi, during a visit to the United Kingdom in 1961 for a conference on the North African Federation in 1960 Camera focuses on Dr Banda throughout the interview. Interviewer asks him what he planned to achieve by attending the conference. He replies he hopes 'to break this stupid Federation', which he did not achieve, but did not expect to do it at first. Interviewer asks him if he was still against the Federation, to which he replies "As ever. Nothing has changed." Dr Banda then goes on to describe his experience in visiting for the conference. He had the opportunity to meet Harold MacMillan whom he describes as a very, very understanding man. They met at Chequers. He says of this meeting "My coming has been at least worthwhile in that respect." He had the opportunity for the second time to meet Sir Roy (?) with whom he went to Chequers. Shot of Dr Banda getting on a plane waving goodbye (no sound). Huntley Film Archives is a film library holding tens of thousands of films. The large majority of the films are documentaries. Films cover a wide range of subjects and production dates range from the 1890’s to the 2020’s. As with all libraries we make no judgement on the content of our holdings and make them available for educational purposes for all to see. Films may have content or express opinions some may think inappropriate or offensive, but it is not the work of a library to censor educational resources. Films should be viewed with historical objectivity and within a context relevant to the times in which they were produced