King of the Belgians Visits Congo Colony

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

154

Date Released

16 May 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Community Yelling Spurs on Athletes
2. 2King of the Belgians Visits Congo Colony
3. 3Raging Fire Cuts Giant Cunard Pier
4. 4Emir Feisal Looks over British Army
5. 5World Pays Tribute to Late M Doumer in Paris Funeral

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King of the Belgians Visits Congo Colony. DESCRIPTION: Flying in RAF Machine King Albert finds native welcome at Rutchuru during African tour. SHOTLIST: RAF flying boat on water. Personality ? King Albert comes ashore. Walks along road. Native band playing native instruments (close shot). Native jungle dance.

Keywords

Royalty; Music and dance; Aviation; Colonialism; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1813

Length of story (in feet)

72

Story extras:

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