Congo Dispatch

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1628

Date Released

15 Aug 1960

Stories in this Issue:

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Congo Dispatch. DESCRIPTION: The United Nations Security Council met again to deal with the difficult and dangerous Congo situation, and it was resolved to call upon Belgium to withdraw her troops from Katanga. And the Secretary General was authorised to send UN troops into that break-away province. Mr Hammarskjold himself left for the Congo at once. . Meanwhile, in Leopoldville, more trouble had been blowing up, and UN troops were deployed to keep the peace in the streets of the capital. The crowds had collected to make yet another demonstration against Belgium, and angry mobs, displaying anti-Belgian placards, gathered in the vicinity of the Belgian Embassy: rumour apparently said that the Belgian Ambassador was refusing to leave at the appointed time. Punctually, the Belgian flag was lowered on the Embassy roof, and, almost immediately afterwards, the Ambassador, Baron Jean van den Bosch, came out to take his departure. And the anger of the mob turned to glee. SHOTLIST: GV interior UN Security Council. CU African member. GV Council voting by show of hands. CU Dag Hammarskjold. Slip pan Leopoldville. UN troops in street (x5). GV UN troops move on crowd that are demonstrating against Belgium. MS & GV mob near Belgian Embassy with anti-Belgium placards. GV riot troops with batons & shields. LAS Belgium flag lowered on Embassy. GV Ambassador Jean van den Bosch out of Embassy and into car. CU van den Bosch in car. GV car drives away followed by some of mob. MS mob joyful.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Colonialism; Demonstrations; Riots

Locations

Congo

Footage sources

United Press International [UPI]

Card file number

80860A

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

221

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