Basically this is a documentary to commemorate the first state visit of King Boudewijn of Belgium to it's then-biggest and most profitable colony. It is a classic text-book example of colonialist paternalism captured on film, both in subjects and supporting dialog. It is certainly not poorly done, and I can recommend it as viewable for educational purposes about colonialism in school viewings. Funny thing how only a few years later the 'rock-solid stability of the everlasting Congolese colony' was turned into a half-dozen years of instability and brutal civil war. Shows you how completely blind they were in Belgian governmental and cultural circles at that time.
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