Crisis In Congo Reaches New Peak

Standard Definition: (24-hr. turnaround): SD NTSC -- $220.00
720 x 480 29.97i DV-NTSC Quicktime; SD PAL -- $220.00
720 x 576 25i DV-PAL Quicktime

keywords: Cold War, United Nations, UN Security Council, Congo, Premier Patrice Lumumba Of Congo

Synopsis: Seizing upon the slaying of deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba of Congo the Soviet Union throws the UN Security Council into disarray accompanied by demands for UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and all UN troops be pulled from the Congo...(read more)

Date: 1961
Duration: 00:04:21
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Congo

Show All 1960's Newsreels Titles

Crisis In Congo Reaches New Peak

Crisis In Congo Reaches New Peak

The Soviet Union seizes upon the slaying of deposed Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba as pretext for its most massive political attack on the UN.

Scenes trace the stormy career of Lumumba from his coming to power to his capture by strong-man Mobutu. Following his death, well-organized demonstrations in Moscow, New York, and most of the world’s major cities are accompanied by demands that U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold resign, and that all U.N. troops be pulled out of the Congo.

Debate in the Security Council is interrupted by a violent demonstration in the galleries, during U.S. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson’s defense against what he calls a Soviet Declaration of War against the world organization.