The Failed decolonization of Africa - Documentary

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Africa Addio is a 1966 documentary film about the end of the colonial era in Africa.

"The old Africa has disappeared. Untouched Jungles, huge herds of game, high adventure, the happy hunting ground- those are the dreams of the past. Today there is a new Africa - modern and ambitious. The old Africa died amidst the massacres and devastations we filmed. But revolutions, even for the better, are seldom pretty. America was built over the bones of thousands of pioneers and revolutionary soldiers, hundreds of thousands of Indians, and millions of Bison. The new Africa emerges over the graves of thousands of whites and Arabs, and millions of blacks, and over the bleak boneyards that once were the game reserves. "What the camera sees, it films pitilessly, without sympathy, without taking sides. Judging is for you to do, later. This film only says farewell to the old Africa, and gives to the world the pictures of its agony."

1:38 independence Kenya in Nairobi
2:15 handing over the colours
6:55 independence Tanzania in Dar es-Salaam
9:37 destruction of colonial goods
10:37 lesson on the races
14:50 the Kings Rifles hand in there guns
19:48 trail against the Mau Mau
26:24 amnesty for the Mau Mau
27:08 selling of the white farms
28:07 the Indian auction of the interior from farms
30:22 december 27th 1963 agrarian reform in the Kenyan highlands
33:14 the Trek back to South Africa from Kenya
36:40 the zebra hunt and poaching of the reserves by car
39:13 the 15 minutes safari
40:44 traditional hunting with a gang of 10.000
43:44 the wildlife society
44:41 the rescue of crocodiles
46:10 the animal red cross, operation on a elephant
47:19 ivory poaching seen from a helicopter
47:58 arrest of a poacher
48:08 police impoundment of poached animal remains
49:16 an orphan baby zebra airlifted to safety
51:38 the reoccupation of a Portugese colonial fortress
53:24 mist patrol in the Angolan war of independence
53:59 fighting and counter insurgency in the jungle of Angola
55:20 fighting and explosions on the grassland of Angola
56:46 aftermath of Watusi uprising in Rwanda
57:46 cleaning up of Watusi corpses in the Kagera river
58:45 funeral pyre
59:12 the 10 day exodus of Watusi refugees to Uganda
1:00:25 flying to Zanzibar and attempting to land on a old runway
1:02:44 flying to Zanzibar with a helicopter and a red flag
1:03:31 burned out Arab village
1:04:37 Arabs waiting to be slaughtered
1:05:07 mass graves and scenes of slaughter
1:05:53 Arabs running to the sea
1:06:35 a beach of corpses
1:07:34 flamingo, buffalo and other scenes of nature
1:12:07 February 25th 1964, operation Cropping, the culling of animals for there meat
1:14:06 March 25th 1964 Murchison Falls national park, elephant harvest
1:15:26 april 3th 1964 Queen Elizabeth National Park, hippopotamus harvest
1:16:31 collecting of the hippo harvest
1:18:08 destruction of the carcasses
1:18:53 slaughter paradise nummer 1, shores of skulls
1:20:30 Cape Town from the air
1:22:07 surfing in Cape Town
1:22:51 Cape Town girls
1:25:38 Zulu girls
1:26:45 Zulu party
1:27:58 the modern Zulu
1:30:24 Legion of Decency giving underpants to the wild tribes of the Sudan
1:31:43 the modern climing lion
1:32:35 trafic in the bush
1:34:06 feeding of the loin
1:35:14 Dar es-Salaam, the morgue filled with Arabs
1:36:01 the 1964 army mutiny, people hiding the massacre
1:36:49 drowning of a Muslim
1:36:57 destruction of Arab property
1:37:08 the killing of three mutineers, Arabs against the wall and the attack on the filmcrew
1:37:55 June 26th 1964, Moïse Tshombe arrives in Leopoldville
1:38:36 november 24th 1964, the liberation of Stanleyville during operation Dragon Rouge
1:39:33 the remains of the Simbas
1:40:10 Simbas clean up the dead
1:40:59 the remains of 9 nuns, 7 missionaries and 4 murdered children
1:41:18 the arrival of rescued Stanleyville hostages in Leopoldville
1:42:27 dropping food on a mission
1:43:08 destruction of the mission and the murder of her inhabitants
1:44:57 relaxing mercenaries at the Alamo
1:47:20 war planning to take Boende
1:47:46 Rhodesian mercenary fighter pilots
1:49:05 October 22th 1964, the attack on Boende
1:52:06 rescue of whites captives
1:52:35 captive Simbas
1:53:45 the dead in Boende
1:54:33 celebrating mercenaries
1:54:48 the plundering by white mercenaries
1:55:02 the plans for operation OK and the financial backing
1:55:37 plundering by black soldiers
1:56:20 the forceful ending of plundering
1:56:54 the execution of a Simba rebel
1:57:56 the execution of a Simba who burned 26 children alive
1:58:46 school children in South Africa
1:59:32 mineworkers learn to use a shuffle
2:00:02 diamond mining
2:00:54 the goldvault in Johannesburg
2:02:02 an overview of Johannesburg
2:02:22 working in the goldmines
2:03:53 the stockexchange in Johannesburg
2:04:36 explosions in the mines
2:05:05 penguins on the Cape of Good Hope

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