Abidjan, Ivory coast archive footage from 1959, Visit President De Gaulle

I think this is a really interesting video, is shot by an English filmmaker while traveling to Abidjan in the 1959 probably during a visit of the President De Gaulle It contains historical stock footage of Pont Félix Houphouët boigny, Place De La Republique, campionat de petanque doublettes, natives in tribal dress, Native woman dancing and more Abidjan is the economic capital of the Ivory Coast. As of the 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of overall population of the country, making it the sixth most populous city proper in Africa, after Lagos, Cairo, Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam, and Johannesburg. A cultural crossroads of West Africa, Abidjan is characterised by a high level of industrialisation and urbanisation. It also is one of the most populous French-speaking cities in Africa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abidjan all clips are scanned from old vintage super 8 to the 4k format the music was added in post production You can Buy and Download all Benidorm 1970s archive footage seen in this video and use in it your projects here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/Archival... or contact me directly [email protected] thank you for watching #abidjan #1950s #ivorycoast