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Massacre of innocents during Congo crisis in 1964. Viet Cong prisoners treated in accordance with 3rd Geneva Convention during Vietnam War.
Bodies of persons killed in Congo, when some 200 foreigners and thousands of Congolese were executed by rebel "Simbas" in Stanleyville and environs, in 1964. Evidence being gathered to facilitate prosecution of perpetrators. Major-general Joseph Mobutu (Mobutu Sese Seko), Congo Army chief of Staff, is seen confering with other Congo officials. Two possible perpetrators are seen. Rescued persons receiving food at a temporary camp. Persons accused of inhumane treatment of others on trial. Soldiers using force to capture troublemakers. Delegates seen at the Third Geneva Convention at the Palace of Nations in in 1949. Viet Cong prisoners being treated humanely, in accordance with the provisions of the 3rd Geneva Convention, during Vietnam war. Some seen switching allegiance to Republic of Vietnam.
Belgian townspeople greet American soldiers during World war I
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) being greeted by Belgian citizens During World War 1. Towns people pose with school children in front of a Gateway tunnel to their town. Several hold American flags. American soldiers mingling with the Belgians. One soldier holds a Belgian boy on his shoulder. Camera pans upward revealing that the tunnel is under a fortress. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American tanks and soldiers advancing through the Belgian countryside on the French border in World War II
American soldiers at the French-Belgian border in World War 2. Belgian countryside on the French border. Several trees in view. An American tank burning on the side of a road Other tanks move past . Trees on the side of the path. Several tanks move past a building. Houses on the side of a road. American soldiers patrol on the roads. Belgian women coming out of a house.
United States troops move against German counterattacks, Belgian civilians flee during the Battle of the Bulge (WWII)
Allied troops move against German counterattacks in Belgium and Western Germany during World War II. United States troops move along a muddy road in Belgium. Incendiary explosion. Tire on fire from incendiary. A soldier looks at wrecked American military jeeps and ruined buildings. Heavy smoke rises from a pile of wreckage. Fleeing civilians walk on the road on foot. Some of the civilians bring bicycles. Belgian Roman Catholic priests wearing Cappello romano hats are seen moving with the group. African American motorized infantry moving into Belgium. An African American soldier smoking cigarette on passing truck. Soldiers in the Ardennes Forest. A soldier plants M1 anti-tank mines in the Ardennes. He places a mine in a hole in the ground. The soldier covers the mine with a pile of dried leaves. Soldiers setting up roadblocks and covering tanks with foliage for camouflage. An M3 Stuart light tank is covered with hay to disguise as a haystack. United States soldiers carefully search the field for Nazi paratroopers. A soldier finds abandoned parachute equipment and white snow cape. Soldiers inspect passing trucks at an intersection between Bastogne and Martelange in Wallonia, Belgium. Belgian civilians fleeing a German advance on Highway 15. American Military Police personnel diligently searching for disguised German soldiers to prevent infiltration. A Military Police officer inspects a Belgian man’s identification paper. Military Police personnel questions a driver of a Jeep. Soldiers digging a dugout. Soldier with an M1917 Browning Machine gun. Artillery crew firing a M101 105 mm Howitzer. A pile of shells stands beside the Howitzer. An officer gives out orders to fire over telephone. Howitzer Motor Carriage M8 tanks firing in the Ardennes. A soldier inspects with binoculars. Infantry troops moving across a field and village. Soldiers firing rifles from behind a stone fence. A soldier deposits a charge into a basement window, followed by explosion. Soldier fires bazooka in haze. Soldiers looking up to the sky searching for air support. Allied bombers flying over Belgium. British Royal Air Force bombers dropping bombs over a road junction as seen from bomb bay view.
Belgian soldiers and civilians search rubbled houses and buildings after a V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgian.
A V-2 rocket attack on Antwerp, Belgium during World War II. Belgian civilians and firemen and British soldiers search the ruins of V-2 bombed buildings. Rubbled houses and buildings in the area.
African unrest in 1960: Anti-apartheid demonstrations, assassination attempt on Verwoerd, and riots and arrest of Lumumba in Congo.
Riots and uneasy conditions in South Africa and Congo during the year 1960. South African natives demonstrate against apartheid racial discrimination and passbook requirements. Protestors at Sharpeville shown burning passbooks. Policemen fire at peaceful demonstrators in what became the Sharpeville massacre of May 31, 1960. Next scene shows attempted assassination of Premier Verwoerd by a white farmer. A photographer takes photos as an aide holds Verwoerd after he is shot. Next scene shows riots in Congo, Africa after elections. Rioters dispersed by local police forces. The United Nations peace keeping forces arrive in Congo. Premiere Patrice Lumumba arrested and policeman ties his hands with ropes. View of Colonel Mobutu Sese Seko in military uniform.
