Thursday, April 21st 1966.
Footage of the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's arrival at Kingston Airport in Jamaica.
It was a particularly memorable event because of the thousands of Rastafarians who thronged the airport to see him. Many Rastafarians believed him to be a living god.
When his plane arrived and settled on the airport tarmac, crowds of Rastafarians broke through the barriers and surrounded the aircraft.
He was unable to leave the aeroplane for 30 minutes. A leader of the sect joined the Emperor on the aircraft's steps in order to appeal for calm and for a path to be cleared.
Source: Reuters News Archive.
Music: "Selassie is the Chapel" by Bob Marley.
