Footage released by Reuters on June 3rd 1967, days after the declaration of secession by the military governor of the Eastern Region, Lt. Colonel Chukwuemeka Ojukwu.
The scenes show Ojukwu at a press conference, as well as the Niger Bridge blocked by tractors and guarded by soldiers of the Biafran Army who are allowing only Igbo refugees to cross it.
Source: Reuters News Archive.
