Colour: Congo

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2209
Date Released
4 Oct 1971
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Section Title
Colour
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Congo - in Colour. DESCRIPTION: One of the world’s newest tourist areas - the Congolese Republic - has a multitude of fantastic sights to offer the tourist. SHOTLIST: Big GV 30th Juin Avenue in Kinshasa. LV Long Street and Sabena Building. CU sign Boulevard 30 Juin. GV main street. LV market. GV man buying ivory pieces. SV various African paintings for sale. SV 3 African paintings. CU painting. LV Stanley Memorial. SV tourist taking picture. Angle shot Stanley Memorial. GV Ma Vall-ee Restaurant next to man made lake (20 miles from Kinshasa). SV tourists having meal beside lake. CU food on plate. CU tourist eating. GV lake. SV pan tourists in paddle boat on lake. GV from boat as it goes up Congo River. SV African at steering wheel. GV going up Congo River. SV tourists on board. GV passing hyacinth floating on river. LV African barge coming down river loaded with goods. CU tourist looking through glasses. GV approaching quayside of City of Movement of Popular Revolution. CU hyacinth water plant. GV gardens and Popular Revolution building (Congalese Academy). CU flower in garden. LV looking along section of building. CU works of art on wall. GV president’s conference residence - Chinese design. SV Chinese designed pagoda in grounds. CU flowers. SV pan from plane at Kinshasa airport to Sabena jet waiting. Angle shot tail of Sabena plane. SV passengers approaching. SV passengers boarding plane. CU looking through window of plane as it takes off. SV captain and co-pilot in cockpit. SA shot from window River Congo. CU pilot. GAV, active Goma volcano nearer air shot ditto. GV from ground Albert National Park Volcano in b/g. GV river going through park. SV group of lions. SV Congo Safari mini bus with tourists watching animals. CU tourists taking pictures. SV elephant. CU African game keeper looking through glasses. LV lion running through grass. SV tourists watching. LV hippo bathing in lake. SV tourist taking pictures. GV Vitsumbi fishing port with pelicans and Malaba birds. SV local fishermen with tilipia fish which is most plentiful in Goma. CU pile of tilipia fish. SV group of pelicans waiting to be fed with fish. LV man throwing fish to pelicans. SV mass of pelicans scrambling for fish. LV fishing boats and Malaba birds in f/g. SV Malaba birds standing in water. GV river and volcanic range nearing sunset. LV sunset over Goma.
Keywords
Scenery and travel
Card file number
97082
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Reginald William Smith
Length of story (in feet)
261
Story extras:

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