A Congo Election

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1433A
Date Released
22 Nov 1956
Date submitted
29 Nov 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Hungarian Refugees Here
  2. 2A Congo Election
  3. 3Minesweepers in Canal
  4. 4Premier Ordered to Rest
  5. 5Jewish Remembrance
  6. 6The Duke in New Guinea
  7. *Great Britain V Australia
  8. *Edinburgh - Glasgow Relay

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Congo Election. DESCRIPTION: A local election in the Belgian Congo and the photographs of the 31 candidates. The electors cast their votes into the box bearing the photograph of the man they favour. SHOTLIST: Shots of people looking at photos of 31 candidates. Shots of the candidates sitting in a line on a platform. People going into a canvas corridor and looking at the candidates. People voting.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester or Newcastle.
Keywords
Politics and government; Colonialism
Locations
Belgian Congo
Footage sources
France
Card file number
68931
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
59
Story extras:
Film clip

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