| Congo Rescue: Paratroop Drop Saves Hostages | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1730 |
| Catalog #: | 426470 | |
| Clip Number: | 426470-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 037-096-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:42:51 - 00:45:08 | |
| Location: | Congo | |
| Year Shot: | 1964 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Fear INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire, Belgian Congo) WAR & CONFLICT: Casualties WAR & CONFLICT: Evacuation WAR & CONFLICT: Secession, Kantanga from Congo 1960s WAR & CONFLICT: War Damage | |
| Description: | A dramatic camera document is recorded in the Congo as more than 500 Belgian paratroopers are flown into Stanleyville to rescue white hostages held by Congo rebels. As the troopers reach the town, machine guns are turned on the whites and 30 die minutes before rescue. U.S. Air force C-130 transports shuttle between Leopoldville (Kinshasa) and Stanleyville to fly out more than 1,000 foreigners. From various towns wrested from the rebels 1,700 whites from 17 nations are freed from barbaric capture. Kisangani (Stanleyville), Congo Aerial shot from a US air force plane flying over the Congo. Belgium paratroopers disembarking from a plane. Paratroopers carrying supplies off the plane. Several paratroopers unloading some small kind of land vehicle off the plane. Military man driving a tri-motor vehicle loaded with supplies. Belgium military forces walking with assault riffles in their arms. A deserted street in Stanleyville. POV - Driving down the streets in Stanleyville. Dead bodies laying covered on the ground in a make shift temporary morgue. The remains of Dr. Paul Carlson and another American Phyllis Ryan. More dead bodies slaughtered by the Congo rebels. Cars that were shot at by the rebels and people that were killed by the gun fire. A home that was shot up by the Congo rebels. A disturbing shot of blood presumably human on the street. With the city secured the US air force begins the evacuations of loyal natives. Little native children. More than 1,700 hundred whites from America and other European nations patiently awaiting evacuation from Stanleyville. Some of the faces tell of total disbelief of the horrors they were exposed to. Aerial shot - American plane flying over the Congo loaded with refugees and taking them to safety. Air force plane taxing on the landing strip at the air port. Military men unloading the dead bodies from the plane. Two American military men draping an American Flag on a person who lost their life in the Congo. Hundreds of refugees disembarking from an US Air Force military plane. Hundreds standing by an Air Force plane that's sitting on the tarmac | |
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