Crowd welcomes Moise Tshombe as he is freed from imprisonment in Congo. He stands in a car and waves. He agreed to bring his seceding province back to the government, but then repudiated.
The victims of sleeping sickness or trypanosomiasis in Congo, Africa. It is caused by caused by the tsetse fly. People suffering from the sleeping sickness sit on the ground. Weird activities of a woman suffering from the disease. The leg of a woman is stuck in a log. A doctor takes the woman away. People sit and stand. They sit on the porch of a house.
The victims of sleeping sickness or trypanosomiasis in Congo, Africa. It is caused by the tsetse fly. Advanced cases of sleeping sickness. People suffering from the disease sit and sleep on the ground. A person suffering from the disease drinks from a mug. The person hands over the mug to another person. People sit on the ground.
Congolese officials in Congo. Officials shake hands with each other. White officials seated on a stage watch a dance. Native people in traditional costumes dance in front of the officials and entertain them.
European hostages, rescued from Stanleyville, arriving at Leopoldville airport in the Congo, during insurrection there in 1964. Rescued persons deplane from U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft by way of its rear cargo door and ramps. Sick and wounded are met by medical personnel who place them in ambulances. Next, text from 3rd Geneva Convention, of 1949, is displayed. Scene shifts to U.S. military advisers in Vietnam helping train Republic of Vietnam soldiers (ARVN) in proper treatment of prisoners; methods of taking prisoners with minimum of force; interrogation methods; and medical treatment of wounded prisoners. (Vietnam War period).
British General Sir George Giffard who is the General Officer Commanding West Africa arrives in Brazzaville, Congo during World War II. Giffard and officers disembark from a BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) de Havilland Express (D.H.86 Express) aircraft “Dione” (G-ADFF). He is greeted by French General Edgard de Larminat and British Consul General Major General Sir Edward Louis Spears. General Giffard salutes colors. A band plays. Troops march.