00:26Kinshasa
00:28Kinshasa, capital of Zaire, the former Belgian Congo.
00:31Cassius Clay and George Foreman, two of the most famous blacks in America,
00:34they are going to visit Mobutu, president of the African state where the meeting will take place.
00:40A 20 billion boxing match for a celebration of blackness.
01:05A fight between two blacks in a black country, organized by blacks and seen all over the world.
01:11Here is a great victory for Mobutuism.
01:14A fight between two blacks.
01:44A fight between two blacks.
01:47A fight between two blacks.
01:49A fight between two blacks.
02:05A fight between two blacks.
02:07A fight between two blacks.
02:10A fight between two blacks.
02:12A fight between two blacks.
02:13A fight between two blacks.
02:13A fight between two blacks.
02:14A fight between two blacks.
02:21This meeting marks something new between the blacks of America and the blacks of Africa.
02:25Maybe they're really starting to recognize that they're brothers.
02:28There are more American Negroes here today than ever before in the history of Africa.
02:32I see that Africa is not just jungle, as we have always been taught,
02:36rather, I see beautiful highways, cars, buildings, ships.
02:39I never imagined I would fly on an African jet.
02:42There will be a great awakening.
02:44George Foreman is a black brother, but this is Ali's country, mine.
02:50And Foreman has no chance of winning, because I represent the world of free Negroes.
02:55He's just a guy with no ideology.
02:58For him, the box exists and that's it.
03:01For me, however, this meeting is divine.
03:03I consider it a little holy war, because Foreman does not represent his people.
03:08This man actually went around the Olympics waving the American flag.
03:12at a time when blacks were protesting.
03:20The fight between Foreman and Ali is not a clash between two enemies,
03:24but a sport between two brothers.
03:42it's not a clash between two enemies.
04:01Thank you all.
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08:02And then I said, if I tie them in a loop, all three strings will have a loop.
08:07Then the teacher said, but they will be of different sizes.
08:10And I, teacher, if I tighten the loops, then the three pieces of string will have the same size.
08:16And so I said it, and so I said it, and so I demonstrated it.
08:54Thank you all.
09:22Thank you all.
09:46Wings, wings, wings, wings, and I will be proclaimed the greatest of all time.
10:38Black power seeks black power everywhere, but it is only effectively exercised in the zahiri.
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12:09Well, many European newspapers have criticized the 3 billion spent by Zaire on this enterprise,
12:13even considering the situation of the country.
12:15What do you think?
12:17Yes, this is true.
12:19We made many sacrifices, a lot of money was spent to organize this meeting,
12:24but sometimes it is necessary if you want to provoke a certain spirit of emulation among young people.
12:29We have to set an example, we have to accept some sacrifices.
12:33Only then will we be able to stimulate interest among young people in this very interesting sport.
12:38We will try to work with young people at a national level.
12:41We made many sacrifices, we spent a lot of money, but it was also necessary.
12:47In the life of nations, sacrifices are sometimes necessary.
12:50Only once though.
12:52Of course, just once.
13:00The match here in Zaire was wanted by our president Mobutu.
13:04When he decided to have this meeting, nobody believed him.
13:08You know better than me that the entire press in Europe ridiculed him.
13:12They considered the meeting an April Fool's joke, because the initiative had been launched in April.
13:18I'm very happy for Ali and I'm very happy for boxing and for my president Mobutu,
13:24who was right once again.
13:26What was your real purpose?
13:28The purpose of Zaire was to promote understanding between people of different races,
13:34of different religions
13:35and also, implicitly, to make our country known abroad.
13:39This first of all.
14:04Our country abroad was wanted by our country abroad.
14:38Our country abroad was wanted by our country.
14:40Brave!
14:42Alli! Alli! Alli!
15:12Alli! Alli!
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