CONGO EVACUATION AND RELIEF Reel 2 · Part 1

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Summary: Coverage of the evacuation of European and American refugees threatened by disorders in the Congo and scenes of USAF and RAF flying in UN troops and food, refugees boarding aircraft and flour being unloaded. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1: 1) Congolese natives watching the evacuation of refugees. 2) Belgian soldier with submachine gun with US Navy R4D-8 in bg. 3) Ground crewman working under aircraft at Brazzaville in the French Congo. 4) US Army L-20A being assembled -- C-124D in bg. 5) Tunisian UN troops, with gear, debarking from C-130A. 6) Moroccan UN troops, with gear, debarking from C-124D. 7) UN representative from Ghana talking with Moroccan officer. 8) Tunisian UN troops debarking from C-130A and leaving by truck. 9) H-21B and R4D-8 on ramp -- members of American Baptist Foreign Mission Station boarding R4D-8. 10) Civilian refugees at Kikwit Air Terminal -- Belgian soldiers and R4D-8 in bg. 11) Entwistle family from the American Baptist Foreign Mission Station eating US Army rations. 12) Ghana troops boarding C-130A at Stanleyville. 13) Ghana troops debarking from RAF Bristol Britannia 253 at Leopoldville. Reel 2: 1) USAF ground crewmen working on C-124D engine. 2) Sign: 1615 SUPPRON MATS MAINTENANCE and WHEELUS AB, OPERATIONS. 3) Irish UN troops marching. 4) Irish UN troops preparing to leave Dublin Airport and marching with band playing --civilian crowd watching. 5) Irish troops boarding USAF C-130A's. 6) Irish UN troops and British band marching at Wheelus AB, Libya. 7) C-130A landing to right. 8) Irish UN troops with equipment boarding C-130A's at Dublin. Reel 3: 1) Ghana police debarking from C-130A's at Leopoldville. 2) L-20A being assembled on ramp. 3) H-21B taxiing by to right. 4) Civilian refugees on ramp at Kikwit beside H-21B. 5) Town, river, jungle and airstrip from aircraft landing at Nioki, Congo. 6) Sabena Air Lines DC-4 and RAF Bristol Britannia 253 on ramp. Refugees from Swedish Mission boarding R4D-8 as Congolese natives watch. 8) C-124D and C-130A taxiing on ramp at Leopoldville and Swedish UN troops, with equipment debarking. Reel 4: 1) L-20A being disassembled on ramp and loaded aboard C-124D. 2) Civilian debarking from R4D-8 at Detweiler, Germany and Swedish civilians aboard aircraft in flight. 3) AV's of Nioki, Congo. 4) Flour being unloaded at Stanleyville under guard of Ethiopian troops. 5) Moroccan Gen. Kataui and UN Gen. Van Horn studying map of Congo. 6) Irish UN troops debarking from C- 130A. 7) C-130A engines being tested on test stands at Brazzaville, French Congo. Reel 5: 1) C-130A and C-124D engines being tested on test stands at Brazzaville. 2) C-124D's taking off to right. 3) C-130A taking off to left. 4) Maintenance men working on engine at Evreux, France. 5) Swedish UN troops boarding C-124D's. Good (Basic: Orig color)

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities