1min #movietone clip - The Democratic Republic of #Congo is set to mark the 60th anniversary of its #independence from Belgium today

text from youtube " Leopoldville, Belgian Congo (now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo) - 29 June 1960

1. Aerial of then Leopoldville
2. Wide of government building - three men in foreground
3. Close of flag being lowered
4. Mid of Parliament Assembly
5. Close of then DRC Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba
6. Lumumba shaking man's hand
7. People clapping
8. Mid of Lumumba amongst crowd
9. Close of Lumumba
10. Mid of flag pole, pan down to stairs of building
11. Man entering building
12. Close of Congo Guard
13. Mid of flag on flag pole
14. Wide of crowd of people
15. Mid of parliament building with trees in foreground
16. Various of flag poles
17. Wide of crowd of people
18. Various of building
19. People walking in street

STORYLINE:

The Democratic Republic of Congo is set to mark the 60th anniversary of its independence from Belgium on Tuesday.

On June 30,1960, the African country declared its independence from the European nation after years of colonial rule.

Huge celebrations took place on the city's streets and the newly elected Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba received congratulations from members of both Houses of Parliament.

Congo was created in 1885 by Belgium's King Leopold II, who recruited the British-born American explorer Henry Morton Stanley to make a secret expedition to carve out a state in the heart of Africa - one that was nearly 80 times the size of Belgium.

Congo first provided ivory, then latex from wild rubber trees that was much in demand after the creation of the pneumatic tire. The companies' method to boost rubber production was savage: Villagers were given higher and higher quotas and, when they were not met, villages were set ablaze, families butchered and the hands of survivors severed. It's not known how many millions were slaughtered and maimed. "