- Title: VM-576A
- Summary: HIDDEN CRISIS: AFRICAN CONGO. LULUA. BALUBA. FACTIONS. FEUDS. ENMITY. SOUTH KASAI FAMINE & PESTILENCE. ARTISAN. POTTERY. CONGO RIVER. DREDGING THE CHANNEL AT MATADI. LEOPOLDVILLE. KINSHASA. KATANGA. ZIARE. ALBERT NATIONAL PARK. GAME RESERVE. POTTER'S WHEEL.
- Description:00:56:50 - CU AFRICAN POTTER MAKING CLAY VASE ON POTTER'S WHEEL. ARTISAN. CRAFTSMAN 00:59:43 - CU ANIMATED MAP OUTLINING CONGO 01:00:04 - POV ON CONGO RIVER, FERRIES, RIVER STEAMERS. MS DOCKS OF LEOPOLDVILLE (KINSHASA) ZAIRE & TRIBUTARIES 01:00:36 - LS ALBERT NATIONAL PARK, GAME RESERVE. MS SEAGULL TAKES OFF, FLYING 01:00:47 - SCENES FROM THE MINES OF KASAI. INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS 01:01:02 - COPPER MINES IN KATANGA 01:01:17 - MS OLD MAN GRANDFATHER HOLDING BABY, DAUGHTER MOTHER CARRYING BOWL ON HER HEAD. THATCHED HUT 01:01:27 - LEOPOLDVILLE CITY SCENES, TRAFFIC POLICEMAN 1960s CARS, VW VANS, BICYCLE RIDERS 01:01:57 - U N MEETING SECURITY COUNCIL. JULY, 1960 ACCEPTED REPUBLIC OF CONGO TO U N 01:03:01 - UNITED NATIONS FORCE ARRIVING IN CONGO, RAISING U N FLAG 01:03:55 - MONTAGE CITY OF LEOPOLDVILLE. RAILROAD STATION 01:05:38 - UNICEF & WHO PLANES UNLOADING SUPPLIES IN THE CONGO, CONGOLESE MEN WATCH. POV LOADING BOXES ON CONVEYOR BELT 01:06:02 - DANISH RED CROSS DOCTORS GETTING INTO HELICOPTER ARRIVE IN REMOTE VILLAGE, VILLAGERS SWARM AROUND DOCTORS. 01:06:57 - DOCTORS GOING TO CLINIC, SINGLE CONGOLESE ORDERLY TAKING CARE OF ILL. DOCTORS EXAMINING PATIENTS. MS CLINIC WORKERS CARRYING PATIENT ON STRETCHER 01:07:33 - MONTAGE CONGOLESE, WOMAN CARRYING LARGE BUNDLE ON HER HEAD, COLORFUL FABRICS 01:07:44 - RED CROSS NURSES & DOCTORS EXAMINING & OPERATING ON CONGOLESE, CU DOCTORS LOOKING UNDER MICROSCOPE 01:08:38 - DANISH RED CROSS WORKER TEACHING CLASS FOR MIDWIVES. MIDWIFERY. 01:08:49 - CU TWIN BABIES, CU BEAUTIFUL CONGOLESE WOMAN WITH FUNKY BRAIDS 01:09:00 - LINE OF CONGOLESE MEDICAL ORDERLIES GETTING ON AIRPLANE TO RECEIVE MEDICAL TRAINING IN FRANCE. STUDYING IN EUROPE 01:09:21 - CONGO UNIVERSITY GRADUATION, CAPS & GOWNS, DIPLOMAS. HS GRADUATION CEREMONY. THREE GRADUATES 01:10:41 - EMPTY SEACOAST HARBOR TOWN OF MATADI, ABANDONED RAILROAD DEPOT, CARS LEFT BEHIND BY EUROPEANS WAITING TO BE SHIPPED. NEW TRACTORS LEFT BEHIND DOCKSIDE CRANES LEFT IDLE 01:11:36 - RIVER CHANNEL TO THE SEA SILTING UP, NEEDS CONSTANT DREDGING 01:11:45 - AMERICAN ARMY ENGINEER, GEN. RAYMOND A. WHEELER ARRIVES TO HELP GET PORT OPEN AGAIN 01:11:58 - U N VOLUNTEER, SHIPPING REPRESENTATIVE HELPS IN OPENING THE PORT, GETTING CONGOLESE DOCK YARD WORKERS & RAILWAY MEN TO COME BACK TO WORK. 01:12:19 - BELGIAN RIVER PILOT LOOKING OVER MAPS, DREDGING PROCESS BEGINS, OPENING THE CHANNEL, FIRST SHIP MAKES IT'S WAY THROUGH CHANNEL 01:14:02 - MS EXTERIOR INTERNATIONAL AVIATION BUILDING 01:14:11 - POV IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER, CONTROLLERS, RADIO OPERATORS. HS GROUND CREW MOVING TO PLANE 01:14:28 - INTERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICE, AIR TELETYPE MACHINES, OPERATORS 01:15:31 - UNESCO TEACHERS ARRIVING AT A HOME, GETTING ACQUAINTED. EDUCATORS. 01:16:00 - LS TILE DOWN LEOPOLDVILLE HIGH RISE, U N HEADQUARTERS IN THE CONGO. MANY PEOPLE MILLING AROUND ENTRANCE 01:16:07 - INTERIOR OFFICE WORKER TYPING ON TYPEWRITER 01:16:16 - LS TILT DOWN U N HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK. EXTERIOR MONTAGE 01:16:41 - U N MEETING IN LEOPOLDVILLE 01:17:18 - U N OFFICERS SEARCHING THROUGH WAR TORN DESERTED VILLAGE, CIVIL WAR BETWEEN LULUA & BALUBA TRIBES. FACTIONS, FEUDS, ENMITY 01:17:49 - MONTAGE SICK & ILL, FAMINE, MS STARVING MOTHER & BABY. CU CHILD WITH SMALLPOX, COVERED WITH DISEASE. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. CU GROUP OF CHILDREN, BOYS MAKING PEACE SIGN, ONE HOLDING UP FOOD BOWL. SOUTH KASAI 01:18:17 - U N WORKER WALKS UP TO GRAVE MARKER #429, CU GRAVE MARKED WITH JESUS ON THE CROSS, CRUCIFIX & DEAD SOLDIER'S HELMET 01:18:27 - ONU PLANE BRINGING IN SUPPLIES, MEDICINE 01:18:49 - ONUC TRUCKS DELIVERING SUPPLIES, SACKS OFF GRAIN 01:18:58 - CU OLD WOMAN TOO WEAK TO EVEN SIT UP 01:19:05 - ONUC TRUCK BACKING UP TO UNLOAD SUPPLIES, TAKING OFF FOR NEXT STOP 01:19:24 - VILLAGE CHILDREN RACING TO MEET SUPPLY TRUCK WAVING & LAUGHING. CU GROUP OF BOYS 01:19:40 - CU MIXING UP VAT OF POWDERED MILK. MS WHITE MAN IN SUIT FEEDING NAKED CHILD CUP OF POWDERED MILK 01:19:50 - CU TINY MALNURISHED CHILD DRINKING FROM LARGE CUP, STARVING CHILDREN 01:19:58 - MS VILLAGE MEN CUTTING UP MEAT 01:20:00 - CU CUTTING UP DRIED FISH 01:20:04 - CU SCOOPING UP FLOUR INTO CAN, MIXING FLOUR IN BIG BOWLS 01:20:17 - RED CROSS DOCTORS & WORKERS EXAMINING CHILDREN 01:20:27 - TRUCK BRINGING IN SEED FOR VILLAGE 01:20:33 - AGRONOMISTS HUDDLED AROUND PAPERS 01:20:43 - VILLAGE MUSICIANS PLAYING, VILLAGERS DANCING 01:21:04 - MS U N VOLUNTEERS HANDING OUT CUPS TO STARVING NAKED CHILDREN WITH SWOLLEN BELLIES 01:22:19 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1960
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-576A