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Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd Of South Africa Survives Assassination Attempt
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keywords: tragedies, south africa, prime minister hendrik verwoerd, assassination attempt
Synopsis: Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd of South Africa barely survives when the assassin David Pratt shoots him point-blank with a .22 pistol striking the Prime Minister with two shots one in his right cheek and ear, the assassin is wrestled to the ground while panicked supporters stay with the Prime Minister Verwoerd until he could be transported to the nearest Johannesburg hospital where he made a full recovery. Note - a 2nd assassination attempt was successful in 1966 as he was entering the South African House of Assembly...(read more)
- Date: 1960
- Duration: 00:01:10
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: South Africa
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd Of South Africa Survives Assassination Attempt
South Africa's Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd is shot twice, before the camera, in an assassination attempt by a white cattle farmer. The assassination attempt at the Rand Easter Festival In Johannesburg marking the 50th Anniversary Of The Union Of South Africa, rouses new alarm in a country already racked by a violence-marked racial crisis.
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- Newsreels: 1960 - April 11
