Congo Harvest - Wealth Of The World (1950)

An Associated British Pathe Series. CONGO HARVEST - WEALTH OF THE WORLD Logo of hand holding a globe. Africa - various scenes: Jungle, trees, swamp, elephants, a deer, a monkey, a snake, snow-capped mountain, fast flowing river, barren landscape. Man beating drum. Camera pans around an African village. Camera pans along a row of seated African natives. The witch doctor dances in the centre of the group. A waterfall. Wildlife. A small paddle boat on a river. MS the natives and white safari man on-board. Men carrying boxes on their heads through the jungle. Several vies of the Conga river. Man climbing palm tree and cutting down the fruit. Boy fires bow and arrow. Men carry palms through the jungle. A man lights a fire by rubbing sticks together. Natives at work extracting palm oil from fruit by traditional methods. Painting of William Lever (later Lord Leverhulme). A map of the Belgian Congo. The “white man“ in consultation with tribesmen. CU the faces of tribes