- Title: VM-575B
- Summary: GOING HOME: INDEPENDENT NATION OF THE CONGO. BALUBANS REPATRIATED TO ANCESTRAL LANDS. TRIBAL HOMES. CONGOLESE REFUGEE CAMPS. REFUGEES ON LONG TRIPS HOME ON TRAINS & PLANES & TRUCKS. KATANGA. BALUBA. SHABA. ZAIRE.
- Description:00:02:23 - POV DRIVING LOOKING UP AT BRIGHT SUNSHINE 00:02:39 - CONGOLESE MAN WALKING TOWARD "COMMUNE RUASHI" PASSES CHILDREN, HOUSES, RESIDENTS ENJOYING DAY OUTSIDE 00:03:39 - MONTAGE BULLET RIDDLED HOUSES, BURNED OUT CAR, 00:03:52 - POV DRIVING PAST LARGE GROUP OF POLICEMEN GUARDS 00:04:05 - CONGOLESE MAN WALKING UP INCLINE TO CONGOLESE TENT CITY, REFUGEE CAMP 00:04:45 - SCENES FROM CAMP LIFE, MOTHER CALLING HER CHILDREN OVER, PUTS DRESS ON HER CHILD. SQUALOR POVERTY, RUN DOWN FILTHY CAMP. COMMUNE 00:06:03 - HS THICK LINES OF WOMEN WAITING IN LINE FOR FOOD, SUPPLIES UNDER GUARD PROTECTION . MS SMALL BOYS SCOOPING UP LEFT OVER, DROPPED FLOUR FROM GROUND. 00:06:58 - CHILDREN AT PLAY: ROLLING A BARREL ON THE ROAD, LITTLE BOY ON GROUND PLAYING WITH METAL OBJECT 00:07:10 - MOTHER COOKING OVER OPEN FIRE, FEEDING CHILDREN AFTER CHILDREN EAT, MOTHER EATS WHAT'S LEFT 00:07:35 - MOTHER BREAST FEEDING BABY, WASHING YOUNG BOY PLAITING BRAIDING GIRL'S HAIR 00:08:07 - SEAMSTRESS SEWING CLOTH ON SEWING MACHINE 00:08:12 - CU PIECE OF MEAT COVERED WITH FLIES, HAND BRUSHES FLIES FROM MEAT, FLIES SWARM BACK ONTO MEAT. POOR SANITATION, DISEASE, HEALTH HAZARDS 00:08:25 - MEN MAKING A TOAST WITH GLASSES, DRINKING BEER. HOLDING UP GLASSES IN TOAST RITUAL 00:08:40 - ROAD BLOCK ACROSS ROAD TO CAMP, GUARD CHECKING CARS AS THEY PASS THROUGH, MS GUARD WAVING CAR THROUGH 00:08:57 - MEN FROM THE CAMP MEETING ON RAILROAD TRACKS, IN HEATED DISCUSSION 00:09:42 - CU WOMAN OPENING CURTAIN DOOR OF HER SHACK HEARING SINGING & DRUMMING 00:09:48 - MEN MARCHING & SINGING THROUGH COMMUNE, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE NOT TO GO BACK TO CAMP. LITTLE CHILDREN IN MARCH SINGING. UP RISING IN THE AIR MARCHERS DANCE IN FRONT OF SIMPLE WOODEN CROSSES DANCING ON PEOPLE'S GRAVES. 00:11:54 - LS APARTMENT BUILDING. SHORT WAVE RADIO HEARD MS ONU MEMBERS MEETING OUTDOORS ABOUT REFUGEES BEING REPATRIATED. BALUBAS FROM KASAI. 00:13:35 - BALUBAN REFUGEES WAITING FOR NEWS 00:13:47 - CHIEFS & LEADERS OF THE TRIBE MEETING WITH ONU REPRESENTATIVE WHO EXPLAINS REPATRIATION PROCESS CU MEN CLAPPING AT THE NEWS 00:14:44 - LEADERS PASSING ON THE NEWS TO REST OF THE TRIBE 00:15:05 - WOMAN WITH BABY AT REGISTRATION OFFICE 00:16:06 - TWO FEMALE REFUGEES HOLDING REGISTRATION CARDS HEAR VOICE OVER LOUDSPEAKER CALLING CHALINGI ?SP CALLING PEOPLE GOING TO THAT VILLAGE 00:16:42 - REFUGEES CHASING RACING FOR ONU TRUCK PASSING THROUGH REFUGEE CAMP, HORDES SURROUND TRUCK WHEN IT STOPS, GIVING INSTRUCTIONS & NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO WILL GO ON TRAIN 00:18:40 - WOMAN PACKING BELONGINGS IN TRUNK AT CAMP, COMMUNE BABY ON HER BACK, HER NEIGHBOR FRIEND LOOKS SAD SHE'S LEAVING COMMUNE. NEIGHBOR GIVING NEIGHBOR BELONGINGS SHE CAN NOT TAKE 00:19:00 - MOTHER & CHILDREN LEAVING CAMP, MOTHER CARRYING BELONGINGS 00:19:21 - BALUBAN REFUGEES ARRIVING AT TRAIN STATION, EXCITED REFUGEES GETTING ON TRAIN 00:20:18 - REFUGEES LEFT BEHIND WATCH FROM HIGH HILL 00:20:21 - GUARDS AT TRAIN STATION, REFUGEES SAYING GOODBYE ENGINEER LOOKING OUT WINDOW, BLOWING TRAIN WHISTLE, REFUGEES WAVING FROM TRAIN, GUARD CLOSES TRAIN DOOR, GUARDS WATCH FROM HILL TOP AS TRAIN LEAVES 00:21:21 - MS REFUGEES ON TRAIN 00:21:22 - GUARDS GETTING OFF TRUCK, DESTROYING SHACKS BURNING SHACKS IN REFUGEE CAMP 00:22:02 - LOW ANGLE TRAIN PASSING 00:22:10 - ONUC PASSENGER PLANE TAKING REFUGEES FURTHER ON THEIR JOURNEY, INTERIOR PLANE REFUGEES, SMALL CHILDREN FALLING ASLEEP 00:22:46 - REFUGEES PASSING THROUGH LINES, BEING QUESTIONED IN BAKWANGA, BAGGAGE BEING PUT ON TRUCK 00:23:06 - MS REFUGEE IN SUIT WATCHING FROM BEHIND FENCE, FINGERS HOLDING ONTO FENCE, SAD TO SEE FRIEND GO HE'S STAYING BEHIND 00:23:08 - REFUGEES CONTINUING ON THEIR JOURNEY IN ONUC TRUCK, MOTHER ON TRUCK LOOKS SADLY AT HER FRIEND STAYING BEHIND, GATE CLOSES BEHIND TRUCK. 00:23:33 - MS MAN WAVING FROM BEHIND FENCED IN CAMP, TURNS & WALKS AWAY 00:23:43 - ONUC TRUCK ARRIVES IN SMALL VILLAGE, FREED REFUGEES REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILIES, WELCOMING REFUGEES 00:24:45 - SCENES FROM CONGOLESE VILLAGE, WOMEN BALANCING BASKETS ON THEIR HEADS. MAN SELLING CLOTHING AT AN OUTDOOR STORE. REUNITED WITH HIS WIFE & CHILDREN 00:25:30 - HAPPY FAMILY REUNITED EATING DINNER GETTING REACQUAINTED AFTER SEPARATION 00:25:58 - CU HOT MAN WIPING SWEAT FROM BROW WITH HANDKERCHIEF, LOOKING FOR WORK, ASKS WHITE MAN FOR JOB, TURNED AWAY, NO WORK IN BAKWANGA 00:26:46 - MAN WALKING DOWN ROAD, LOOKING BEHIND HIM. LOOKS IN POCKETS, COUNTING WHAT MONEY HE HAS, CONTINUES DOWN ROAD 00:28:15 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-575B