Congo Crisis Continues
Congo Crisis Continues
Tension continues to run high in the Congo. Despite the arrival of United Nations troops, the exodus of settlers continues, and Belgian paratroops continue to hold key positions, in defiance of Congolese demands for their withdrawal and threats that Soviet assistance will be requested. Chingola, Bancroft, Mufulira, Congo. MCUS - Car traffic on the road. VW Bug with a luggage carrier packed to the top. MS - Border guard waving a refugees car to drive in and cross the border to Northern Rhodesia. MCUS - A family of three carrying rifles on their shoulders. Father, Mother and Son. MS - A woman pouring her family some tea in the open. MS - Congo Police marching unit. MS - All the confiscated rifles laying on the ground that where confiscated by Rhodesian Police. MCUS - Burned out shops in Elizabethville. MS - A tan VW Bug driving down a street. It could be any street in the world. CUS - Soldier with his rifle and a beret on his head. MS - Congo, Zaire soldiers, army riding in a Jeep. MCUS - A street filled with stores that have been looted and torn apart. CUS - A man looking at his burned out car. MCUS - Three Congo women meet up.