LEOPOLDVILLE - BELGIAN CONGO. KING BAUDOUIN OF BELGIUM MET BY THE LOUDEST PRO-INDEPENDENCE DEMONSTRATION OF HIS CONGO TOUR WHEN HE ARRIVED BY PLANE FROM LULUABOURG. DURING HSI DRIVE FROM THE AIRFIELD ALONG THE WIDE BOULEVARDS OF THE CONGELESE CAPITAL HE WAS ASSAILED BY THUNDEROUS SHOUTS OF "INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE". KING BAUDOUIN IS SEEN HERE IN AN OPEN TOPPED CAR AS WITH AN ESCORT OF MOTORCYCLISTS AND TROOPS LINING THE ROAD HE DROVE THROUGH LEOPOLDVILLE. 28 DECEMBER 1959.
LEOPOLDVILLE - BELGIAN CONGO. KING BAUDOUIN OF BELGIUM MET BY THE LOUDEST PRO-INDEPENDENCE DEMONSTRATION OF HIS CONGO TOUR WHEN HE ARRIVED BY PLANE FROM LULUABOURG. DURING HSI DRIVE FROM THE AIRFIELD ALONG THE WIDE BOULEVARDS OF THE CONGELESE CAPITAL HE WAS ASSAILED BY THUNDEROUS SHOUTS OF "INDEPENDENCE INDEPENDENCE". KING BAUDOUIN IS SEEN HERE IN AN OPEN TOPPED CAR AS WITH AN ESCORT OF MOTORCYCLISTS AND TROOPS LINING THE ROAD HE DROVE THROUGH LEOPOLDVILLE. 28 DECEMBER 1959