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220854 17:18:12 -- 17:26:00 B/W SIL 1939
South-Western
Belgian Congo Africa Film Project - The Story of Bamba Part Three
Dramatised documentary about a
12-year-old African boy of the Bakongo Tribe in the Belgian Congo who is befriended by a mission doctor, becomes a Christian medical worker
and returns to his village as a mission medical teacher.
Bamba shows his medical diploma to white missionary; looking at map.
Bamba opens dispensary in his home village. Talks fearful women into trying his medicine. Examines sick uncle in hut. Bamba makes African tribesmen look at
bacteria under microscope. Gives
injection to uncle. Villagers
gather outside hut. Bamba gives
more injections.
Bamba organises village church - reads bible - singing. Uncle throws away his fetishes in recognition
of the White Man's medicine.
220606 03:43:33 - 03:44:41 B/W SIL 1940s ?
Congo Campaign & Ceremonial Dancing
Black man, King of Rwanda? on steps being congratulated by others. Men drumming on metal cans / bongos. Native
African Watusi Dancers in feathers & costumes with spears . Men blowing horns. Dancing in front of white dignitaries
sitting on top of steps.
End leader mentions King of Rwanda ?
220854 17:00:06 - 17:07:41 B/W SIL 1941
South-Western
Belgian Congo
The
Light Shines in Bakubaland - An Epic of the Mission Field - Part One
Stills of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the
US: Mr. & Mrs. Washburn, Chapman, Lena Reynolds, Mark Poole
Map of Africa showing location of African kingdom of Bakubaland . African landscapes - desert and forest. People in village. Man in scary ritual mask. Village ceremony around campfire with music. Crafts - weaving baskets. 17:03:12 European missionary carried in litter over hills
to village & stopped by warriors. Messenger announces missionary's arrival to villagers - party in warrior costumes set out to meet missionary. White man convinces warriors of his friendliness. Missionary arrives in village carried in litter and calls; gives salt
to boy. Talks to village chief & advisors.
220854 17:07:50 - 17:18:00 B/W SIL 1941
South-Western
Belgian Congo
The
Light Shines in Bakubaland - An Epic of the Mission Field
Missionary at desk with Africans sitting on floor. Woman with scarifications coiffing other - elaborate African hairstyle.
Tribal ceremony - women, men and children dancing and singing.
White man sets off in canoe with Bakuba tribe escort. Through hills on litter. Audience with King Lukenga 'most powerful African monarch
in all of Congo' (same king as in 'How an African tribe is Ruled
Under Colonial Government') - King Lukenga is lying down & being fanned
during audience.
17:10:55 Building mission station - African men hack trees from jungle whilst
missionary gives orders. Missionary with wife sitting under tent. Missionaries give medicine to sick &
tends wounds; wife teaches reading to children in outdoors class. Man drumming. White man preaches outdoors. African Christian convert in audience with king - King tests
his faith by trying to tempt
him. 17:15:40 Bakubas clearing
jungle to build road under missionary's supervision. Missionary on motorbike. Automobile on mud road; car crossing
river on raft; 17:16:52 Mission hospital with African doctor treating sick - looking in microscope
- giving injection - child reluctantly
gulps medicine.
220545 05:50:33 - 05:00:48 B/W SD 1950s
Brussels
Antwerp The Atlantic Community
- Introducing Belgium - Part
One
NATO - Flags NATO countries with name of each country superimposed: Belgium,
Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Turkey. United Kingdom, United States & NATO flag. 05:51:35 Brussels - Kongreskolom; other unid.. monuments and statues. Woman with pigeons. Fountain. King Baudoin swears oath of allegiance
to parliament (sound). Animated
map shows Belgium within Europe. Brussels
Grande place; flower market and
shops on square. Mannekin Piss. Street names in both French and Flemish. Street scenes and cafZ˙ terraces. Traffic and trams; people past newspaper kiosk; cigar vendor? fruit stand? Crowd in shopping street. Brussels
helicopter passenger service flies
over city . Heliport with sign
'Sarma.' Sabena helicopter lands and passengers
exit. Signs with distance to
European cities. 05:56:35 Antwerp - City square , cathedral and
harbour. Street scenes with traffic,
pedestrians and trams. Beurs
Diamonds exchange (Beurs Voor Diamanthandel) exterior & interior - checking diamond; craftsmen cutting & polishing. Antwerp shipyard and shipbuilding. Cargo
ships unloading at harbour -
shipments from Congo? Locomotives manufactured in Belgium loaded for export. Locomotive factory. Locomotives on rail tracks. Train past bridges. Electric trains.
Good quality - well shot
Satchmo Swings Into Congo Louis Armstrong waves handkerchief from convertible
being driven thru streets of Leopoldville following truck w/ dancers. Smiling
& waving he is carried into stadium on chair on shoulders of bearers.
Black & White soldiers & others in grandstand wave. Playing on stage
with four or five others.
220308 11:09:14 - 11:10:18 B/W Sd 8Aug1960
NYC
- UN Considers Katanga Crisis
Emergency session inside United Nations Security Council, delegates from Congo,
overview of a full assembly hall. French , Belgian and Congolese
delegates at desk. UN Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold. Secessionist
province of Katanga.
220272 03:44:02 - 03:45:03 B/W Sd 5
Dec1960
Congo,
Leopoldville Lumumba Seized
-- Followers Threaten New Congo Upheaval
Lumumba with hands tied held in truck. CU of ropes. MS &
CU of Mobutu. Tied up. Forced to eat speech.
220919 02:38:35 - 02:39:57 B/W SD 02Jan1961
News
Highlights of 1960
02:39:30: Rioting and army mutiny follows independence in Belgian Congo,
UN troops arrive, pro-Communist Premier Patrice Lumumba seized by forces of
Colonel Mbutu
220272 03:52:22 - 03:56:45 B/W Sd 16Feb1961
NY
- United Nations; Congo Moscow; Africa
Main Title: Universal
International Newsreel
03:52:34 Riots At United Nations.
-- Congo Crisis At New Peak
Premier Lumumba w/ President Kasavubu at Congo independence Day
celebration on airport runway with others in formal dress. King Baudouin of Belgium arrives in formal military dress and down
airplane stairs; shake hands. Leaving Belgium troops march to military plane. 03:53:07 Lumumba at U.N. Shot of Mobutu (repeat of footage of Lumumba eating speech
etc.) 03:53:51 Moscow march outside of Belgium embassy. 03:54:09 Outside UN w/ pickets. 03:54:30 Interior of UN as Amb. Stevenson speaks (his first address in UN). 03:55:11 Fighting breaks out in gallery and people are thrown
out. 03:56:2? speech continues. Cold War; Africa; Communism;
Blacks; Rioting.
220272 03:26:57 - 03:28:13 B/W Sd 20Feb1961
Congo Crisis Echoes Round The World
03:27:09 People with placards in support of Patrice Lumumba running thru streets in aftermath of
Lumumba killing. Various demonstrations around world. Posters against U.N. & Hammerschold. Students attack Belgian Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Building on fire seen from neighboring building; firemen with hoses
seen. Riots & rioting.
220919 02:00:05 - 02:00:46 B/W SD 01Jan1962
News
Highlights of 1961
02:00:23: Rioting on the streets of Cairo following Lumumba's death (Congolese Independance Leader). 02:00:33: CU Fidel Castro making a speech in Cuba). 02:00:39: Crowds throng around leader
following civil strife in the Congo
220308 10:18:31 - 10:19:00 B/W Sd 20Oct1962
Nassau Allied Summit - Kennedy Meets With Macmillan
Nassau airport, plane landing, crowd of natives watching, Kennedy disembarks plane.
British Prime Minister Macmillan and JFK on airfield shake hands. Palm trees,
journalists and photographers with sunglasses. John F Kennedy exits car, photographers snap - JFK and Macmillan
stand together. to discuss air to ground missile US was developing for British
ended in failure & problems in Congo.
220294 15:06:14 - 15:06:46 B/W Sd 1Dec1967
News in
Brief - Congo - Mobuto 2nd Anniversary.
President Mobutu celebrates anniversary - military parade men and equipment.
221322 00:21:57 - 00:22:28 1967 Congo SD B/W Congo
(Mobutu
& Military Review & Parade)
President Mobutu in military uniform standing in open jeep waving to crowd
in rain. People watching under umbrellas. MCU saluting while reviewing parade
from viewing stand. Troops marching, jeeps, military vehicles.
Politics; African Dictators;
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