The Liberation of Boende - Congo '64 [Remastered]
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Black - Wonderful Life
Part 2 of the Congo Remasters, this one focusing on the Battle of Boende, the combined operation of 51 and 52 Commando in late October, 1964.
I feel like this video holds up pretty alright but the HD does add a lot, the video is 40 seconds shorter now but that was because I wanted to avoid a lot of the gratuitous gore of the original which really didn't age well.
But anyways, the video, enjoy.
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God Bless the Italian Film Crew that was there to film some History.
One of the cameramen was killed in Sudan, Rip
@@S.Fortunato Damn I didn't know that. Same year?
Africa adió, what film, and what crew, famous for very shocking exploitation type movies like "mondo cano"
@@The_chokester it's Africa Addio and Mondo Cane, 1966 and 1962 respectively, everything you see is real, the documentary was censored because it showed atrocities and war crimes.
@@The_chokester did you forget 2 a? Between what and film, and Between what and crew?
"He was naked except for a leather loincloth, amulets hung around his neck: monkey teeth, dried lizard heads, and some kind of snakeskin pouch. I ordered (my men) to give me this bag, the prisoner went mad. He fought so hard that three Catangians struggled to subdue him. I looked into the bag, there were four gold rings and a document in it. I was amazed. It was a diploma from a Czech University in Prague, Medical department. I ordered the captives face washed, the photo was right. My "savage" graduated medicine in Prague..."
Rafał Gan-Ganowicz, mercenary, describing one of his prisoners.
his prisoner was a rebel fighter? wonder how tf did he get there
There’s an English translation to his book??
I need to find that memoir! Yes, Marxism is a witchcraft that turns civilized, educated men into savage, greedy animals.
@@GhostRanger5060 HAAHA get a grip man
@@kaaosaf He's right. Look at what it's doing to the US as we speak.
"No need to run and hide,
Its a wonderful wonderful life"
What's the name of the song?
@@mirkoalbe4264 Black - Wonderful Life
@@marcowilson5806 thanks!!
@@mirkoalbe4264 Its in the description bruh
@@mirkoalbe4264 bruh
The quality of this footage is unreal.
1960s analog has more high quality than today's modern digital cameras because there are no pixels. That's why Psycho is still being remastered.
Its ridiculous.... Looks so fucking clear!! Awesome stuff
because before digital cameras everyting was shot with analogic ones
I understand. However, footages this old tend to have bad qualities due to the decomposition of films in storage.
To think this footage is almost 60 years old!
Dude with beret and mustache and handheld browning m1919(?) with his sleeves rolled is THE ultimate man :D
Unlimited ammo too
Isn’t he Roland the headless Thompson gunner?
All of these guys are larger than life.
Mad mike hoare. Interesting dude
He knows to deal with them!
2:08 The gratitude from those nuns and priests liberated really got to me - few, if any, soldiers experience love and gratitude like that.
Yep. Once in a wile, the absolute dregs of society wind up the heroes. God works in mysterous ways; when hellraisers are sent to rescue Gods servants🙏🙌🌞
God bless them
I didn't expect christian nuns to shake such bloodstained hands either👀then again this was good footage for the then colonial propaganda
Inexperienced that in Bosnia when i was deployed there. Civilians were greatful we were there
@@originalganjaman606 thats the least they could do really with being held captive for months with 50/50 chance of dying (as shown in the docu even if the govt kept their end of the deal many hostages still gets executed) and Jacopetti explicitly states that the film “was not a justification of colonialism, but a condemnation for leaving the continent in a miserable condition.”
It always amazes me how today we ride around in our up-armored Humvees, MRAPs, M-ATVs, etc... wearing body armor and ballistic helmets. Meanwhile, back in the day, they rode around in close contact with the enemy in open-top jeeps wearing just uniforms and berets with an occasional steel helmet thrown in for good measure.
Because none of the enemy has capable anti-armor weapons in possession at the time. Hell, around the same time period, the VC is still armed with WW2 surplus and some bootleg copies until they were uparmed in 1967. Even the IED wasn't widespread until after the Vietnam War.
It is unfair to malign modern day mercs for their armor. Nowadays, rebels have capable arms to punch unarmored technicals...
@@axelpatrickb.pingol3228 I was talking about the modern militaries. But really I think it's more about the risk averse nature of the upper level of commands than the desires of the average infantryman.
Around the late 90's and 2000's, militaries started trying to make their soldiers highly survivable by issuing and requiring the wear of ceramic body armor, composite helmets, and various shrapnel-resistant add-ons like collars, shoulder armor and groin protectors. But in turn, that weighed troops down heavily.
Most soldiers, or at least the ones I served with, wanted to wear the bare minimum possible. So we would buy our own plate carriers and then opt for the smallest body armor plates allowed. Flexibility, endurance, and mobility are more important in my opinion.
All of those updated armored vehicles and PPE saved a wholeeee lot of lives in Iraq and Afghanistan
Personnel getting kitted out in armor was extremely cost prohibitive until recently. Even in the early 2000's, up armored vehicles like a Mercedes or even a Mitsubishi Pajero cost well over 75k. And as we all know, government being as efficient as it is, will gladly penny pinch. Therefore the sheer volume of fire used to suppress an enemy combatant was the name of the game. You can't shoot while getting shot at.
Better protection means more efficiency for the wearer to carry out every missions, the idea is to reduce the rate of being wounded which was very very high back then. It's not about being macho in combat it's about getting out alive
Damn, it's been a minute since I've seen the Coca pirate
Ah yes, the one individual that got me into this channel.
Who is he ? Is he still alive ?
@@IvanTre I like to think he is still alive, making dramatic over the top moves into cover.
COCAINUM pirate...
@@IvanTre Tiv Wasalenko. He has been killed in this war...
You can actually see the oxidation in the metal of the oil drum. To the average viewer, they might not notice/care. But the fact that you took footage that's 57 years old and gave it that much quality is a testament to your art. Thank you for making these unique works.
You saw rust Doug. Interesting indeed.
Agreed fantastic footage.
Im curious of what kind of Camera did they use? Because in that era its still very rare to see some colored camera others are still using Black and White type
@@rouymalic4463 I'm guessing it was originally filmed on Super 8mm... black and white too
@@jackmomma7481 Its an Italian Documentary called Africa Addio or Africa: Blood and Guts
Cocaine pirates, FALs, Hip fired 30 cals and Not a UN peacekeeper in sight. Perfection
"peacekeeper"
@@raphaelcto7975 *piss keeper
Not a single dutch peacekeeper to watch the fireworks
"no need to run and hide....."
Insert UNinterested in peace image here.
That smile at the end always gets my attention. He had a reason to be smiling, to be walking around in a war zone where death was a common thing with a calm looking attitude. And then in an instant, it’s gone. The feeling he had disappeared. Again snapping back to his reality and being reminded where he is.
He is smiling because he is still alive, and not one of the poor schmucks getting lead in the neck
@J Slomine I haven’t smile back, but I have been given a reality check
LFG r lado UFF legal
who is he? I have found that sometimes people smile when they are afraid.
And doing CQB with a hip-fired Browning .30 cal? That is the definition of a mad lad. These dudes were the epitome of merc legends.
That's 5th Commando in the wild.
@@cesargonzalez4146 badassery unleashed
Normal professional army combat is great and all, but seeing people go CQB with a browning 30. cal, shirtless or cigarette in mouth has it's own charm.
And if he had been facing a half-competent opposition (it looks like there was no opposition left), he'd have been dead in seconds.
@@sbreheny
If he'd been facing half competent opposition - he wouldn't have done that.
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Everybody just living the moment, having fun, not a single smartphone in sight
Wow, very original
*“fun”*
Enjoying the moment
@@omerfranko331 I know, but sometimes its the spot
@@Saturn323_88 You're telling me that doesn't look like fun?
I am obsessed with your channel and your work MajorSamm, Thank you so much for enlightening me on so many conflicts I have never heard of and introducing me to some of the best songs I have ever heard in my life. Cheers.
Finally a checkmark that I recognize.
This dude got some good music taste!
Same Bro !
The contrast between the music and the footage is just beautiful
Me too
FALs, G3s, .30 cals, blue skies, taking on simba rebels, payments in cocaine. It really is a wonderful life.
I read a Merc's accord of the era. He said the Middle Eastnpays more money, but less entertainment. Africa pays less, but more entertainments
Quang Cao Do what was it
2:07 Catholic approved!
Ok....its been 3 in a week...whats going on Samm? Why do you bless us with so much primo quality content?
You ever have one of those days where you wake up feeling well rested at 5 and you head over to your local donut shop that opens crazy early and buy a whole box and then decide to watch some UA-cam at home curled up in a blanket and you feel like life is good?
Well he's having that but it's a week long.
Yea the major is awesome
He is remastering his old congo war content. I love him for it
Shhh dont jinx it!
It's a terrible feeling, knowing that such significant historical events will eventually be forgotten and inevitably repeated.
The WW2 helmet and FAL at :32 seconds is peak aesthetic
Is weird though that he's rocking a "bandolier" of stripper clips. Maybe for filling FAL magazines as they were very much scavenging kit?
@@ScottOmahony you can actually load an FAL two ways. You can load it with a mag or use a stripper clip
This is how every soldier look like from minor nation after ww2
both songs used for these videos are gold
0:57 My dude fires a .30 from the hip all while keep a cigarette going. We can only aspire...
1:49 and here is our legendary jump !!
I'm scoring that one highly, for artistic flair.
That is literally a game mechanic in mgs5
@@csabaszabo6859 tell that to Kojima and next story for MGS will be based in Congo
Thats a dolphin dive if I’ve ever seen one
Coke pirate should be the official channel meme. What a madlad.
Oh boy, just you wait...
The fella still alive? he looks in his 30s here.
@@Fass47 he'd be nearly 100 by now.
@@Fass47 pretty sure it's mad Mike Hoare. Died in 202 at 101 years old. Damn fine man, wrote a good book and did some good work. Google him
@@mehmeh1999 if it's who I think he is, then he was alive until last year, and died at 101
this guy is turning these people's worst nightmares into our wet dreams. He is a absolute legend.
Worst nightmare? They're mercs. They wanted to be there, and I bet the pay was great!
@@notgraham.7215 Many people seen here, especially black folk, are locals. The pay also wasn't good, it was painfully average for such a dangerous job. That's why mercs in Kongo were allowed to loot and plunder captured towns for a certain amount of time. Surely an interesting situation.
@@deci2723 "and you call yourself a Policemen?! the looting Time was over 5 Minutes ago!"
(If you get it)
It's the comradery we love.
One thing that is very commendable is saving of the church people from communists and i dont like other mercs but mad mike hoare
MajorSamm I do not know how you do it, but your content fills a void for many of us history lovers that we did not know we needed. Every conflict, every era has an aesthetic to it, and you sum it up in one compact video that is often hypnotic at least to me. What you do is art to me, keep it up my friend.
Couldn't agree more.
God damn right
Grab your FALs boys, we're going to the congo
Congo*
Chi-congo?
@ lets push them over the sambesi again
How about we conquer the congo and set a British east India type company to run it then we liberate rhodesia using the profits
@ I'm there.
In italy the communists wanted to ban the movie.The crew was basically forced to film a movie after this one about racism in America ,to demonstrate that they weren't racists.
And didn’t that ”American racism” movie say some really stupid shit?
Commies are a plague everywhere
@@spacemarinechaplain9367 actually the movie turned out to be decent
@@spacemarinechaplain9367 it did and they were funded and supported by papa doc duvalier which led to a lot of human rights abuses during the production
I've never understood the accusations of "racism" against this movie. It depicts all sides, and all races, as complete savages, which is what made it so raw, and so amazing.
Africa Addio is underrated. Should get screened again.
Best documentary i've watched!
Today no one would be interested, they would rather scream untrue stuff around calling them "Racists" "Nazis" "Warmongers" etc. instead of actually educating themselfs
@@petervonfroster8i *themselves.
This is journalism at its finest!What bravery both from the soldiers and camera crew, a brutal war and the film crew are right there, not back at a hotel barely in the same country like now.
WOO WEE... Is that you Stitch Jones? Or is this ME ?
I met her on a Sunday... she was the best
But come Tuesday morning... I needed a rest
She didn't shave... she didn't use Neat
TRIED TO USE MY FACE AS A BICYCLE SEAT
journalism doesn't exist now days showing unfiltered truth, just a propaganda machine only now
Teacher: Ok kids, what's your hero?
Girls: Wonderwoman, Batwoman and Harley Queen
Boys: 0:39, 1:12-1:30, 1:38, 1:50
God Bless the One eye pirate mercenary, absolutely nutter!!!
Now that you mention him, I read somewhere that someone else read that he died in battle. Can anyone confirm this?
Tiv Wasalenko was apparently his name
I have been trying to track him down for quite a while now, sadly not much luck aside from one photo of him "pre pirate" with both eyes and sadly no name yet...
I have reason to believe he was one of the Italian or Greek Members of the unit
@@thesketchydude1315 why is that?
@@user-td6dr5wd8w why have I been trying to track him down or why I believe he is one of the Greek/Italian members?
“So Captain, what do we do now that our country is free of the Germans?”
Captain: “you boys like the Congo?!”
More like:
-So we won't fight the communists in Europe at the end? Let's then fight them in Africa
Love it
A lot of German ex-SS passed through Africa as mercenaries during this period. Would not have required a significant change in mindset/values ...
Oh nooo, we're fighting side by side with the Germans?!??
The FAL is a beautiful rifle.
G3 > FAL Fight me
@@jeanvaljean341 i mean both are good so why fight
Yup, proud to be Belgian
I got An FN, an AK, an M14, and a G3. Only the best in my arsenal
@@W.Stryker Good Lad👍
Waiting for the “I’ll be there” one, the excitement is immeasurable
"No need to run and hide, it's a wonderful, wonderful life"
What a beautiful shot of salt in the simba rebels freshly shot bodies.
The original video of this is brutal as fuck. At the end the commander captures a guy who burnt down a school full of kids, and shoots him so non chalantly, I mean I don't blame him, but it's always insane to see somebody get shot point blank.
Yeah it definitely hits different when you see a guy legit get his brains blown out on camera. Combined with the surreal music made it a really visceral experience
you have source?
Edit: its "africa addio" crazy fkin shockumentary
I would have done the same. Far as I’m concerned, if you kill kids, your already dead. And someone needs to put him out of his misery
Where did you get the "burned a school full of kids" lie?? Link??
Well he died quickly that I'm sure. Point blank to the stomach and second to the head
I wish there was more footage of this unit. Legendary mad lads
I bet there is somewhere, in an attic or cupboard
There is, I actually uploaded a documentary made by the same people as this one. They went with these guys and recorded with them. There’s also lots of footage of these guys liberating Stanleyville and I’ve found a documentary with some other colored footage though unfortunately it was taken down but I did manage to download it before it was.
" the Last solders of fortune |mercenaries in the congo
Uploaded by military history gives you nearly 14 mins of the orginal documentary it's on UA-cam (for now)
@@rhodie. any chance to get both of them of You friend?
the laughing man, which is an interview with congo muller is good to watch if you want to learn more
I don't know what it is about this song/footage combo but it always makes me think deeply about all that existential stuff. It's probably the heavy contrast of beautiful piece of art accompanying piece of harsh reality which in this case is war full of suffering and death. It just immediately makes me focus on the facets of life, how extreme it can get in both direction of greatness and atrociousness and how people's experience on this planet range from one end of the spectrum to the other often mainly due to luck or lack thereof.
Some spend all their life in success and abundance while others have fight for the scraps to survive each day and shoot each other to death
The world does not make sense.....
You chose the perfect song for this.Just wonderful
1:24, that effing cig in his mouth, that's pretty badass
0:53 Some say the guy hip firing the M1919 is firing towards the treeline and villages till this very day.
Way better than a weed wacker
Much like Roland
The guy that runs before him, like 0:50, is he hit? He just suddenly sits and then laysdown.
@@marcjansson1039 he looks like he's writhing around a bit, and just before that the cameraman drops. So the cameraman probably heard shots coming towards him, and they were directed at the guy in front of the 1919 guy.
@@sumvs5992 So, fair assumption that dude just takes a round right there?
The flames of humanity's kindness can be suppressed, but never put out.
Perfect timing Samm, really needed a distraction from life right now. Absolutely amazing remaster like always, you're awesome man
I like when they smile, they look happy and calm, it impresses me that they all look too calm after the intense battle they went through and also in the scene where they were passing through the bodies they don't even care about them, it makes you think of how many action this men saw
Lots of them were WW2 veterans, the core of Major Mike's 'Mad Lads'. Even some German veterans.
2:08 always gives me a fuzzy warm feeling, that genuine relief and gratefulness of the missionaries is heartwarming
MajorSamm will always have a place in my heart btw, it was him and his lads analysing the Ukraine war starting live on stream, just 2 hours after it starting and I was there, watching history as it happened. not kiding, if I'll ever have grandchildren I'll mention him while retelling my memories
Best music video ever
Yes
can we just take a minute to appreciate the bravery of the cameraman/men?
This is my new favorite from majorsamm
Interesting collection of firearms, M1919 with FALs, G3s, CETME, MPLs, what looks like an FBP
"ACHKSHUALY" they are FN-30 (Modified 7.62 version of M1919), FALs, CETMEs (don't think there is any actual G3s there), Franchi LF-57s (the weird MPL thing), and Vignerons (which do indeed resemble FBPs)
Think I saw an FN49 in there too, or something similar with a fixed magazine. Around 0:11.
A nice ensemble of weapons
Definitely a Belgian Vigneron sub gun around 3:33 -3:40.
These absolute Chad's are getting what they deserve. Getting remembered
Mans went in for the lips at 2:22
😅
It's one of my favorite parts of the movie. A friend of mine was insulted by it, but that man just saved a child of God from torture, doom, and death. I'm not gay, but I'd kiss that man on the lips if he saved me from that nightmare.
The eyepatch guys seems like sucha well-functioning, upstanding member of society
Crack pirate
Be a good idea to have him as your best friend
You’ll love him when he’s on your side
You are one of the greatest History DJs on UA-cam. You nail it every time.
I don't think I've ever actually seen such HQ footage of such intensity... Almost unreal. Wow.
This is pure art.
Guys be fighting a war like it's Call of Duty, cigarette in their mouth, M1919 hip fire storming a building
That's what real gunfighting looks like, volume of fire is the name of the game
Chads really are a race of their own
It looked so wholesome when they all hugged and shaked hands there wasnt only sad moments after all
Shirtless rambo with a hole in elbow and right flank ninja rolls just after Chad bro one mans an enemy fort with a 30cal in tow. Bros like these are rare these days.
Whenever I want to feel like I've experienced 100 lifetimes of misery in 5 minutes I always hit up a MajorSamm video :D
God bless your editing and song choices astonishing!
Look lads, not a cell phone in sight, no plates, no chest rigs, no molle, no drones, just some bois living in the moment brute fore hip firing a 1919.
This is a nice video, image quality is improved, however I still like the original with Roland the Thompson gunner more. In this, the footage is centered around the actual fighting, rescuing and securing of the town, and omits the atrocities, which makes it more palatable, shall we say. I'd recommend showing this to new people first, and then the heavier stuff if they're interested. But, due to this, this lacks the sobrieting 'punch' of the original, and I feel that's essential to understand what happened there.
I watched Addio Africa (in Italian with subs, as there were comments about how the American dub changed things) after discovering this channel, so I can tell to those who haven't seen it that these fighting scenes are in the last 30-20 minutes of the film, the rest is about how the transition, the departure of colonial administration happened. These include the warcrimes. It's an utterly mindblowing movie, if you consider that the crew went there and filmed during actual genocide. And they don't pull away, they show the bodies. There are two things tho. First, there were claims that some scenes were staged, because they seem too sensational, like the skull in that puddle. I can't approve or disprove those claims. Second thing is the tone of the film, which I can't quite put my finger on. On one hand, it's anti-colonial, showing the backwardness of the colonial elite, portaying them weak and outdated, but on the other, it mercilessly tells how fucked up the locals can be and that the British laws kept the wildlife untouched. Like, they show how the new gov portioned the white farmers' villas out, but where once lived a few hundred, they put in 10000. On top of this, the locals couldn't make do with the European houses, and completely ruined them. Some of these scenes go so far, they resemble a 19. century book about Africa to me. Anyway, I definitely recommend it, if your stomach can handle it.
I know some french and Italian old folk that just passed away. They had fled Congo as a young couple and had slowly moved South as the "liberation" kept on.
You gotta do that Bundy standoff against the bureau of land management that would be interesting to watch
The ballad of Lavoy Finnecum, yeah that was a shitshow.
End it with how they flat out ambushed and murdered Mr. Bundy when he left his farm.
@@DJTheMetalheadMercenary totally and the government straight lied about why they shot him then again it's the government
@@RebelSandGaming Yep, literally ambushed him while he was on his way to meet with a Sheriff. That footage was rough.
Thank you for your service, these edits, they're wonderful. I'm Speechless.
I am really enjoying these remasters and have been sharing them around. Thank you.
I'm in love with this aesthetic. Also seemed like the OG white boy summer
3 videos in a short span of a week. All is right in UA-cam.
Complete chaos and a smoothing song, what a pair.
3:43 His face change marks the ultimate Bruh moment
no phones in sight, just people enjoy the moment, well at least some of them.
The start is the best part another great video thanks major 👍
Great choice of song. Brilliant work as always.
Man the 60s to 90s where the Golden age to be a mercenary .
Lots of proxy wars and you wont be blown up by a tank 3 miles away.
Todays is becoming a new era for mercs.Afeghanistan,Donbass,Iemen.The private companys are growing up again.
@@davipires5303 now russia has given another golden age for mercenaries all over the world.
no air superiority and most infantry unit can disable tanks with handheld weapons.
The circuit is still a big deal. Will always be there
Glad you remastered this! What a gem
dosen´t mater how many times you reuse this video content, cause i love it every time
Rest in peace Kongo Müller
Khakis, FALs, and M1 Helmets. Interesting gear...
I still come back to this masterpiece, it's an awesome video Samm!
I love these videos.
You say that the gore in the last one didn’t age well. Personally, I kinda Felt that it added to the melancholy vibe that these videos are known for.
Remember, we’re talking about people killing each other. I think it’s more disingenuous to not show the consequences of these actions and just show the exciting stuff. But obviously go with your creative vision. The videos will be great regardless. =)
I also understand if it’s for monetization purposes.
Even if he includes the consequences, a lot of people here will just flat out ignore it for the "exciting" part...
This is from Africa Addio, a 1966 documentary about the downfall of European Hegemony in Africa during early and mid 1960s.
Its so wonderfull. A big kiss to our beloved Major. We trust in you, Sir.
I regularly put the original on whenever I’m driving. The only issue I had with it was the low volume so this is nice
A Master Piece to inspire a generation.
What can I say?
Once again old friends from 5th Commando kick ass of simba rebels.
This time in High Definition
MASTERPIECE!!!
Legends says the yellow scarf shirtless guy only accepted coke as a payment method.
02:44 Bro this scene is straight out of a cartoon, there is literally a skeleton with his boots on the road 💀
FN-49s, FALs, Browning 1919s, makeshift APCs, Beretta 1938s, Walther MPLs, cows in the background
Africa had everything in the 60s.
A FAL, a 1911, grenades, box of cigs, wrap of cocaine, bottle of scotch whisky, ammo, US dollars plus Congolese Francs, morphine, combat knife & a b&w photo of the missis against the Simba.
You aren’t helping me with my FAL obsession sir. Forcing me to spend £730 right now.
Thanks for these amazing remasters
Brought a tear to my eye... this is just perfect
With the way the world's going, Majorsamm might have content galore here in a few years
This comment has aged very well indeed.
@@hangarrat101 it aged too well.
This made my evening better. Thank you.
Love you're videos Samm, they always make my day
Very impressive footage. Thank you for uploading.
Im astonished by the quality of that film. For 1964 it's amazing
The footage is from a documentary called “africa: blood and guts” which came out in 1966 it basically was about all that happened from 1960-1966 in africa
16mm celluloid
Another beautifully haunting masterpiece, Gung Ho Major Samm
This video has better quality than most war videos from nowadays
Forgotten heroes from a totally forgotten war!!🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪
The film quality 👌. The original film is a little difficult to watch impartially but the cinematography is outstanding! Really shows the struggles of post colonial Africa! Should be played in museum’s.