En 50 ans

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En 50 ans
Directed byGérard De Boe
Produced byPaul Leleu
CinematographyFrançois Rents Fernand Tack
Music byDavid Van De Woestyne
Release date
1958
Running time
21 minutes
CountryBelgium

En 50 ans is a Belgian 1958 documentary film.

Synopsis

The film commemorates the 50 years of colonisation in Upper Katanga. The commentator alludes to a population "stuck in its own traditions" that needs to learn new technologies. Workers from Ruanda-Urundi land at Elizabethville's airport to work in the mines. First they are driven to "acclimatisation reserves". Later they will be relocated to workers’ quarters. A tribute to the colonial heritage and its creation of, amongst other things, schools, hospitals, maternity wards and orphanages.

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