Famine in the Congo

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1649

Date Released

9 Jan 1961

Date submitted

6 Jan 1961

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Famine in the Congo. DESCRIPTION: Recent reports of the appalling situation in the Congo spoke of 200 deaths a day from starvation. The people most grievously afflicted by the prevailing chaos are among the 300,000 Baluba refugees. They have fled from their own province and arrived in South Kasai. Suffering among these people, especially the children, is heart-rending. As always, in such a case, the Red Cross and the United Nations have been the first in the field. Pictures revealing the stark reality of the reports of famine stress the immediate need for greater measures of relief. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS native camp. LS Baluba refugees. LS another. MLS children suffering from malnutrition. CU child same. CU same. CU children same. CU man same. MS mother and child same. CU another. MS another. LS plane taxies in with food supplies. LS supplies being unloaded. LS natives queuing for food. CU same. MS food being supplied. CU same. CU another. CU food. LS children running to sisters for food. CU sisters giving children food. CU mother and child suffering from malnutrition.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Food and cooking; Aviation; Foreign aid; Displaced persons; Accidents and disasters; Religion and belief

Locations

Congo; Kasai Province

Card file number

81694

Credits:

Camera: Felix M. Yiaxis
Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

104

Story extras:

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