1: The
Congo Michael Wood , long fascinated by the Congo, travels to
Kinshasa - capital of Zaire - for a voyage up river. He begins on the Colonel Kokolo, a floating town with 1,500 passengers crammed into rusty barges for 1,000 miles. At the Equator he takes a tramp steamer for Kisangani, formerly
Stanleyville. Finally he hitches a ride on the mission boat
Sarah, which carries him up the Lualaba River and on to the high savannah.
His view, from the decks of these working river-boats is very different from that of earlier travellers to 'the Dark Continent'.
Music by TERRY OLDFIELD Photography DAVID SOUTH Sound MIKE SAVAGE
Film editor PETER ROSE Series producers
ROGER LAUGHTON , DAVID WALLACE Director DAVID WALLACE
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