Dushaka Kubaho ( 1962 )

Описание: Filmed in Kivu Province, Congo, this documentary presents various aspects of the relief action undertaken in March 1962 to assist some 60,000 Tutsi refugees who sought asylum there after fleeing Rwanda in December 1961. The film discusses why the Tutsi refugees fled Rwanda, and shows the resettlement of refugees on land made available to them by the Congolese Government: clearing; planting; construction of huts in a new village named Bibwe; distribution of food and seeds.

00:42 Opening titles and introduction
03:50 Refugees come to the assembly points to receive medical attention
06:16 Refugees arrive at the resettlement centres
08:11 Mobile laboratory detects and vaccinates refugees
11:11 Long term shelters in process of construction
14:03 Closing credits

Year: 1962

Producer: IFRC and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Stanley Wright (Producer)

Director: Pierre Mignot

Copyright: IFRC, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Country: Congo

Duration: 14:20 minutes

Language: English

Original format: 16mm acetate film

File name: c00632 H264 reduced.mp4

Memoriav, l'Association pour la sauvegarde de la mémoire audiovisuelle suisse, provided financial support for the preservation and digitization of this film.

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