| CONGO CRISIS Refugees escape to Northern Rhodesia after riots and violence in the Congo. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 20843 | |
| Clip Number: | 20843-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 60/58 | |
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| Location: | Africa | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire, Belgian Congo) LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) WAR & CONFLICT: Secession, Kantanga from Congo 1960s | |
| Description: | MISSING 1/26/2004 Congo Crisis. M/S town of Kitwe in Northern Rhodesia. C/U signpost to Congo. Refugees drive through with their possessions strapped to the tops of the cars. C/U one car with windscreen shattered. M/S car passing through border patrol at Kasumbalesa. M/S family all armed including little boy. M/S soldier. M/S refugees, M/S little girl drinking tea. M/S as Rhodesian police marching along. M/S lines of guns and other weapons taken from the refugees laid out on the ground. M/S burnt out shops in Elizabethville, camera pans across them. M/S refugees at Boys' College waiting to get away, various shots of worried looking women and children. M/S Belgian soldier who is protecting them. M/S Congolese soldiers in jeep driving through. M/S Leopoldsville with debris everywhere, and broken windows in the ransacked buildings. M/S car in which Italian consul died, a man looks at it. Various shots of the burnt out car. M/S black ladies walking along. M/S white women. M/S black woman and baby, M/S two little black boys. | |
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