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European refugees arrive in Belgium after violence in Congo soon after attaining independence.
Violence breaks out in Congo 11 days after the independence. Soldiers patrol the streets in Congo after incidents of Congolese troops mutiny and looting that killed some Europeans. In Belgium an aircraft carrying Europeans arrives at airport. European women and children get off the Sabena passenger aircraft. Officials look after the refugees.
Belgian refugees cross over into Rhodesia to escape the adverse effects of crisis in Congo.
Congo crisis forces Belgian nationals to flee. Belgian national cross over into Northern Rhodesia. Policemen march and take away the guns and other weapons carried by refugees. They look at weapons confiscated from the refugees. Damaged shops in Congo after they were burnt by Congolese Army. Troops patrol the streets. A man stands next to a burnt car. Congolese women cross the road.
Ill patients at the American Presbyterian Congo mission's outdoor clinic and outside their houses in
The victims of sleeping sickness, Trypanosomiasis caused by the tsetse fly in Congo, Africa. Ill patients at the American Presbyterian Congo mission's outdoor clinic. A doctor examines the patients. People outside the houses.
Congolese soldiers brutally arrest civilians in village during the Congo Crisis
Republic of Congo soldiers arrest civilians in a village during the Congo Crisis. Congolese soldiers chase after dissenters in a village. Soldiers brutally striking a man. An angry woman shouting and pointing to a someone outside her house. A soldier attacks another man with rifle butt during arrest. Troops hitting civilians with rifle butts. A man carries an injured boy as soldiers escort them to a military truck. Prisoners climb up a military truck. Soldiers make prisoners sit on the ground.
Tribal war zone in Congo; Soldiers arrest men from makeshift hospital in Congo
A tribal war zone in Congo. Crowds of Africans in traditional costumes gather on the foothills of a mountain in Central Africa. Congolese troops with weapons practice charging forward on a road. African soldiers let women carrying jars and sacks on their heads pass by roadblock. Soldiers inspect motorists at a checkpoint. Patients sit in front of beds inside a hospital in Congo. An injured prisoner with head bandage. Another patient sits down while others are seen lying in beds. A white officer, probably Belgium, talks to a handcuffed patient. A lock is seen on patient’s wrist. A handcuffed African prisoner stands behind the general. Torn clothing or fabric scattered on the floor. Congolese soldiers take away handcuffed wounded prisoners from the makeshift hospital.
U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft arrives at Leopoldville, Republic of Congo, carrying freed hostages from Stanleyville
A U.S. Air Force C-13OE, carrying freed hostages (some dead and injured) from Stanleyville, taxis to parking position near hangar in Leopoldville, Republic of Congo. Ambassador George M. Godley boards the plane as crewmen including Captain Charles Gonzales stand next to the plane. A United States Marine Corps Corporal and an American Army Private First Class stand in the hangar, holding a folded American flag with a priest in background. A covered body being carried off the aircraft and placed near other such bodies, lying on the hangar floor. Refugees get off the plane. A number of other refugees, arrive at the airfield preparing to leave the Congo. Some carry passports.
