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Mobutu

Mobutu
Clip: 425487_1_1
Year Shot: 1967 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1767
Original Film: 040-097-03
HD: N/A
Location: Africa
Timecode: 00:02:00 - 00:02:30

Congolese President Joseph Mobutu celebrates the second anniversary of his seizure of power with a military parade. He reviews troops, civilian groups, and a line of armored vehicles. President Mobutu waves from an open air Jeep during a military parade. Parade goers stand under an umbrella. Close-ups are made of armed troops, Jeeps and armored cars as they move past the Presidential Grandstand where President Mobutu stands in salute to his forces.