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En 50 ans
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Wikipedia article
'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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Category:1958 films
Category:1950s short documentary films
Category:1958 documentary films
Category:Belgian short documentary films
Category:1958 short films
Category:Belgian colonisation in Africa
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