Scenes After Leopoldville Riots - Members Of The Senate - Belgian Government Meet (1959)

Kinshasa (then Leopoldville), Congo (then the Belgian Congo). Belgian Senate, Belgium Various shots of streets of Leopoldville after riots in which independence slogans were chanted and the European quarter of the city was ransacked., also showing ruined houses, rubble, etc. Various shots of members of the Belgian Senate (interior shots) gathered to hear speech by Minister for Congo, Monsieur Van Hemelrijck. Various shots of Van Hemelrijck speaking about plans to grant independence to the people of the Congo, cut-ins of audience listening and applauding. F.G. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930