Katanga Battle

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1625A

Date Released

28 Jul 1960

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Officers of the Future
2. 2Queen of the Ball
3. 3Katanga Battle
4. 4In Memoriam
5. 5Polaris on Target

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Katanga Battle. DESCRIPTION: Retaliation in Katanga after Congolese mutineers had opened fire on Belgian troops. The rebels were hiding out in Katanga which had announced its independence from the rest of the Congo. 4 days were spent trying to persuade the Congolese to give up their arms. They refused and were rounded up in the bloodiest battle since the Congo mutiny began. The United Nations have already sent some 9,000 troops to the Congo to act as a Police Force. SHOTLIST: Plane drops bomb. Plane flies away. Bomb explosion. Troops advancing. Soldiers in wooded area. Shooting amongst building. CU two soldiers. CU soldiers with machine gun. Soldiers firing, building in b/g. Battle area. Soldiers firing sten guns. MCU. Two soldiers firing. Two soldiers kick door in. Two other soldiers by another door. Soldiers enter door. Soldiers with rifle by door. Soldiers approaching door firing. Congolese prisoners brought out. Prisoners searched. Prisoner taken away at bayonet point. Soldier looks behind wall at body. Prisoners (tilt down) bandaged foot. Prisoners being marched off. Soldiers guarding prisoners. (Pan) faces of prisoners. Prisoners.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Health and medicine; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Explosions; Colonialism; War damage; Prisoners of war; Crime; War and conflict; Military

Locations

Congo

Footage sources

British Movietone News   Issue No.142

Card file number

80771A

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

153

Story extras:

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