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600 Belgian inhabitants of Leopoldville arrive at Brazzaville to express their sympathy with the Free French cause. They have broken with the Vichy Government and loyally stand with the Colonial High...
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: King Baudouin Arrives in the Belgian Congo. DESCRIPTION: The Belgian Royal Family were at Melsbroeck Airport to see King Baudouin leave on his tour of the Belgian Congo. His Majesty...
Four hundred and fifty men make war on obstructing water hyacinth.
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Congo Celebrates. DESCRIPTION: Down came the Belgian flag in Leopoldville, capital of the Belgian Congo. A few days, in fact, in advance of independence! Mr Patrice Lumumba, elected as...
More startling pictures of the drama and terror as a new nation struggles to find its feet
The UN steps in, in a bid to settle the Congo trouble
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Lumumba Arrested. DESCRIPTION: They caught Patrice Lumumba on his way to Stanleyville and flew him back, securely roped. With him were men who served in his cabinet, when he was Prime...
Dramatic pictures of events during the last few weeks illustrate the crisis precipitated by Lumumba’s death.
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