This is a certified MajorSamm classic.

@tinmanakapetscop2guy85

2 жыл бұрын

Petscop 2

@BillyBoB_508

2 жыл бұрын

Fuckin certed!

@richardholmes1920

2 жыл бұрын

I really prefer the originals...

@rodrigosantoscienceros

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly this video is what made me subscribe to this channel

@andrewpandrew7786

2 жыл бұрын

This should be a certified fucking historic piece. Sam is incredible.

Man, didnt know I wanted a Congo remaster so bad. Those guys went through a lot, you can see it in their eyes. Also the merc pirate who dolphin dives is just on another level

@Vixctor13

2 жыл бұрын

Keeping human skulls as souvenirs might also be a sign that they've been through some things.

@Rat__Trap

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vixctor13 communists aren't human

@bardocomunista

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rat__Trap based

@harrycallahan5018

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rat__Trap true

@ShiolaValntn

2 жыл бұрын

cocaine pirate's name is Tiv Wasilenko btw according to some people on the old version. Kind of just accepted as fact here that his name is Tiv

Not a cell phone in sight, just mercs living in the moment

@witwunsz4740

2 жыл бұрын

And dying

@StarGazer05916

2 жыл бұрын

OMG warcrimes and vibes 😌🥰

@TheTibetyak

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm, cell phones were a little hard to come by in 1964.

@josephliptak

2 жыл бұрын

Life was 10x better without cell phones and internet.

@vincentgoupil180

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic mentioning cell phones as the fight for the Congo, the southeast mineral rich portion Katanga, was for metals from uranium to the metal that makes cell phone circuitry.

A little research answered most of my initial questions; the footage is from a 1965 documentary called "Africa Addio". Most of the men you see in the clip are from "5 Commando" - a mercenary unit of the Congolese National Army which was led by an ex-British military officer, Major "Mad" Mike Hoare. They were active from 1964-1967.

@manjelos

2 жыл бұрын

Great documentary, really weird but true

@designated_hitter_EGA

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, the epaulet worn at 02:21 by a Belgium is theirs.

@sartorialdriver6528

2 жыл бұрын

Is that the guy with the bird on his shoulder?

@DoxxBoxx

2 жыл бұрын

mike was a fucking legend, such an interesting figure

@prylosecorsomething3194

Жыл бұрын

Mad Mike lived to be a hundred years old

Ever since the first Mercenaries, Reach Out has been my go-to Spotify radio playlist during road trips. Thanks for the great taste in music in addition to the awesome videos.

@nicgur_6981

2 жыл бұрын

Wait road trips

@aidy6000

2 жыл бұрын

If you like the sound of the Four Tops you will enjoy Northern Soul.

@MajorSamm

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, you have great taste by association now

@MichaelCasanovaMusic

2 жыл бұрын

Motown always comes through with the classic R&B. Greatest record label in American history

@HansRadmacher

2 жыл бұрын

That's a good song to make a road trip in Africa

Never enough of these chaps. Still trying to figure out who Coke Pirate is/was.

@osiris_the_great6861

2 жыл бұрын

Me too bro me too

@venezuelanomarico

2 жыл бұрын

One of most mysteries of Internet: the unknown mercenary loved by all

@a.N.....

2 жыл бұрын

What a savage though

@chrisbarandao2208

2 жыл бұрын

is tiv wasilenko

@chlorineismyfaith5294

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisbarandao2208 idk bro

“We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.” -Joseph Conrad

@peppybobanny1157

Жыл бұрын

This is end .. my only friend

@shooter86-uw8ce

5 ай бұрын

The Horror The Horror

@misdangered4326

3 ай бұрын

“Savages…”

I remembered watching this the first time and thinking "damn this is a weird movie". Knowing it's all real goes to show how great the camera quality was.

@mehmeh1999

2 жыл бұрын

With extra realistic death and a brutal sense of humor.

@lightblue254

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah this murder and war, a real triumph of Photography, isn't it?... :/

@deci2723

2 жыл бұрын

The creators really just went straight into the hell that was early post-colonial Africa, filmed everything they could walking on the razor's edge when it comes to safety, commented it as objectively as they could and left us this masterpiece. Rare thing back then, almost impossible nowadays.

@JO-cw5xe

2 жыл бұрын

This was honestly a hard watch considering it really brought back some memories. However it was some of the best camera work I think could have been done, especially considering the limitations of the equipment they had. These camera crews had amazing guts and balls of steel.

@seregill13

2 жыл бұрын

@@lightblue254 it really is, it's beautiful

I love this one. The old version introduced me to your channel.

@giovannicervantes2053

2 жыл бұрын

Same here I can thank this guy for so much good music

@lucluc7063

2 жыл бұрын

Enclave here. Why isn't your video feed working?"

@giovannicervantes2053

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucluc7063 because I jammed a wrench in the screen

@-et37-

2 жыл бұрын

Same here as well.

@ashkash8686

2 жыл бұрын

Needs more enclave

At first I thought this was fake, but then I looked at other parts of this documentary and I had to say that these videographers had serious balls.

@b00binat0r

Жыл бұрын

they were almost executed by the locals, you can look up the meme video "wait they arent white, theyre italian" its the same guys

It's surprising at how incredibly similar it is to today's Congo, The country has developed so bad which literally has the same look it had in the 60's

@alikhidzam3749

2 жыл бұрын

Corruption , war and greed

@Paelorian

Жыл бұрын

Instead of rebelling, they should have been grateful to the Belgians. While Kind Leopold II's private rule had been a disaster, subsequent rule by the Belgian state was a great success. In the years leading up to rebellion, the quality of life in the Congo had never before or since increased so quickly. Life there was much better then than it is now. For everyone there. But the upper class blacks became so prosperous and educated that they started having notions of self-rule, not realizing that the majority of the population was still in too primative a condition for them to easily create a European-style country in central Africa without leadership from Europeans. The country descended into violent conflict and tyranny and has never emerged. If there hadn't been violent resistance to Belgian colonization for at least a few more decades, enough so that uplifting Belgian education programs could have spread, the Congo could have become a more peaceful and better-run country than South Africa or Botswana. It's even worse for the local blacks than what happened in Rhodesia. Life for blacks was better in Rhodesia than under Mugabe's dictatorship, and before Mugabe took over there was Muzorewa's often-ignored and short-lived black-led Zimbabwe-Rhodesia which should to this day be mourned as a tragic loss and the last decent government of the country before genocidal tyrant Mugabe took over. But in the Congo, the Belgian rule was seen as the most "enlightened" colonial rule in Africa, run for the benefit of the black natives. The blacks were being educated and provided and taught medicine and other social improvements. Black "évolués" were being created quickly, and life for them and everyone else in the county was improving quickly. Some of the newly educated, inspired by Marxist radicalism, living in their educated, modernized little bubble and ignorant of the fragility of the countryside newfound civilization, then tried to take over before the country was ready. They lasted about five minutes without the Belgians to lean on before other black natives, more violent, less civilized men, killed them to seize power for themselves. The whole country collapsed and has not recovered since. If they'd continued at the pace they were developing at before the rebellion and war against the Belgians, they'd be the most advanced country in all of Africa. Now they're one of the worst places on Earth. Most women in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have been raped in their endless wars. They have more rape and violence than anywhere on the planet. Congolese no longer survive to old age, but if there were any old people left they'd remember Belgian rule as better than what came after. I'm not saying the Congolese should have remained subservient forever. I'm saying a Commonwealth approach where a country reaps the modernizing benefits of colonization and then subsequently gradually gains independence works better. It maximizes stability and growth. Had they remained with Belgium, they'd probably be self-ruling or independent by now, as most European colonies around the world became. Most of them didn't degrade into what the Congo became. The Congo needed a delicate, gradual approach. The population was not used to the peaceful modern lifestyle the Belgians were promoting. Universal education didn't have enough time to work and give the masses opportunies and wealth.

@frds_skce

Жыл бұрын

How much change can you do when your country is a literally forest?

@pepe__thefrog350

Жыл бұрын

@@frds_skce , South Korea and Singapore never existed ??

@SirDrakeFrancis

Жыл бұрын

​@@pepe__thefrog350 well, Germany or Canada as well

It always amazes me how good the camera quality is.

@failedaustrianpainter476

2 жыл бұрын

Cameras from this time are analog and not digital, they can be restored indefinitely

@dcdude345

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing like film

@kaliyuga1476

2 жыл бұрын

@@failedaustrianpainter476 I wish you had succeded, but not in art

@virologi3348

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like 16mm footage.

@Ryan-cv9ww

2 жыл бұрын

@@failedaustrianpainter476 how does this work and what does it mean to be restored indefinitely? Can it really be improved no matter how good our screens get or something?

2:51 this guy still has the best drip in the universe

@blackjack5676

5 ай бұрын

Wrong. The guy at 32 Seconds.

@SurplusTrader

12 күн бұрын

thats so called "f2p" friend

My favourite is the one with Lauren O'Connels cover of Roland The Thompson Gunner 👌

@aghtu

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@colemclean1676

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@piotr277

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, she's a bitter daike though, who can't take a joke.

@piotr277

2 жыл бұрын

@Jahtzee I wrote under her video that she should shave her Sasquatch legs, that she was clearly exposing on purpose. She replied something about happy pride month and then blocked my comments.

@jeanvaljean341

2 жыл бұрын

@@piotr277 How harry were they?

Things I could spot on detail: 1. M1911. 2. FN FAL (Standard Issue rifle & Paratrooper Version) - The RIGHT ARM of the free world. 3. Franchi LF-57. 4. LMG M1919. 5. CETME Model C 6. M2 HB (recognizable by the rear sight, the firing grip and trigger system) 7. Heckler & Koch HK33A2 8. Vigneron M2 9. FN Model 24/30

@memoriblewerd

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure that’s an isreal version M1919A4

@bernardoohigginsvevo2974

2 жыл бұрын

wow. good eye

@1mmickk

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but can you name the Ribbons on that Rupert?

@bozo8724

2 жыл бұрын

wasnt the HK33A2 produced from 1968? I thought this video was based on the Congo Crisis, which is during the early 60's (1960-65), or was there a war later that included loads of mercenaries?

@nekkid3087

2 жыл бұрын

@@bozo8724 pretty much, yes. It was designed in 1960's primarily for exports use. Now as of the video, I took the muzzle flash, front sight, left charging handle and barrel handguard as a reference for my searching, it was either _this_ specific model or maybe a clon or variant. Keep in mind most of the set-ups used on modern wars (starting from 60's) are way different than what movies or TV shows resemble. Look on Vientam's M60 door gunners set-up, it's way too modern for that era.

The footage quality increase is incredible

whiteboy summer '64

@lcpl.dickhead0311

10 ай бұрын

😂😂

2:17 broke my heart... The way he tries to hold the tears in, brought me into tears. I was a soldier in the Greek heavy artillery division at a small outpost on a small island about 10 miles off the Turkish shores. There were many refugees with the same look of despair and fear of what's going to happen next, being literally washed ashore in these wrecked, half sunken boats.

@spektress9183

2 жыл бұрын

you know that man rape and burn alive innocents in that document

@monke6116

2 жыл бұрын

I would like to know your perspective as someone that saw these things directly, can you get into more detail of your time in that island and your experience with the refugees? Those refugees were usually smuggled by human traffickers for a huge price then put on shitty boats that wouldn't survive the aegean sea. The ones here are islamists so I harbor no sympathy for them but I still feel bad knowing that there must've been a few decent people among the drowned.

@savero-4228

Жыл бұрын

If im not wrong he and his friend got caught after setting fire to school with children in it

@vraifj6629

Жыл бұрын

@@savero-4228 Different dude

@magnomagnissimo3811

Жыл бұрын

What a pansie

Always good to start of the year with Mercenaries in the Congo

Manliest vacation video I've ever seen

This remaster is incredible. Absolutely amazing Work.

This one really deserved a remaster. Wonderful!

I had a big complex about whether I would be a good officer because it is not an art to become an officer, but it's an art to not mess up. And until a person does something, he cannot be sure of himself. I was most afraid of being afraid... I had an additional problem. The problem of discipline... you had to rely solely on personal authority, because you could not punish a soldier, his friends in the next ambush might shoot you in the back. Rafal Gan-Ganowicz, mercenary.

Mostly ex members of the Parachute regiment , Rhodesian army and sundry waifs and strays . Brilliant irregular forces, got the job done , picked up their wages , and bugged out . If they survived many of them spent their days after ,propping up a bar somewhere ( or bought a pub )and going to reunions . We don't make them like that anymore

@captainenglehorn8429

3 ай бұрын

Lol, in his book Hoare tells how half of his boys didn’t spoke English

@charonsferryold

18 күн бұрын

I would totally commit multiple war crimes just to make my subsequent low-key beach bar more interesting. Gotta be authentic I suppose.

The golden era of mercenaries

@kaptenlemper

2 жыл бұрын

Before they became PMCs?

@zissimoskalarrytis3865

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaptenlemper Hah, no one calls them "PMCs" outside of paperwork

@apileofcocaine6855

2 жыл бұрын

@@zissimoskalarrytis3865 you mean news reports?

@zissimoskalarrytis3865

2 жыл бұрын

@@apileofcocaine6855 that and official documents from the UN and such

@oggabooga1171

2 жыл бұрын

Well i mean mercanaries has been existing since medival era but there are no camera to record it

My father once joined the world peacekeeping force (Congo 1963) from the Indonesian National Armed Forces, served for one year... "salute to my father's achievements"...

@beverlyhills7883

Жыл бұрын

Bapak saya also, tetapi dari Malaysia

@user-ze8yy8jg1f

7 ай бұрын

My gran uncle was with the Irish UN deployment joined at 17 We had 6000 Irish fight in the Congo from 60 to 64

Never clicked a notification so fast. Shoutout to the cocaine pirate!

Always loved the symbolism of the dude lighting that ciggie with the dollar bill

My 60yr mom started to sing the chorus immediately when the song started

@ronaldocunha2716

7 ай бұрын

Qual o nome dessa música?

@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese

3 ай бұрын

​@@ronaldocunha2716"Reach out" por "the tops"

@SamuelFagbemi

2 ай бұрын

​@@ronaldocunha2716 The Four Tops - Reach Out

@oosthuizen2012

Ай бұрын

@@ronaldocunha2716I’ll be there

Never thought I'd see a remaster of this video.

No telephones, no Wi-Fi just people living the moment

Khakis, FALs, and M1 Helmets. Now in HD!

Starting 2022 with one of the most iconics videos

2:50 Finally, we get to see the Driplord in even higher quality

Merc Pirate was definitely just there for the action, dude was blasting and diving

1:36 best dolphin dive

@BoxofficeForney6969

Жыл бұрын

Cocaine is a powerful drug.

Pretty sure that songs from MajorSamm videos make up at least a third of my Spotify playlist

Watched the original video for a first time several days ago and I've fell in love with it. The footage selection, the music. You really have talent for making nice edits. Here's for a great 2022, MajorSamm. Keep doing great.

Major Sam you deserve 1 million views. Those that get an emotional reaction from these films watch them over and over… When I was 15 I subscribed to SOF . I signed up in a peacetime military and was there for a short boring time. 20 years later the world erupts and I’m too old. Maybe I should at nearly 60 go to Ukraine and support port people

@axdde6428

2 жыл бұрын

dont fight in ukraine you will die

@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese

3 ай бұрын

Ukraine is terrible

Holy shit the day just got way better, thanks Major

The FIRST video that I saw from the one and only MajorSamm has been remastered! Legend.

These videos capture the times so well. I hope to see you make some videos on recent but already obscure conflicts such as Nagorno-Karabach and India-China.

@bpeper1365

Жыл бұрын

Yes, more eyes on Armenia please

the remaster of the remastered remaster

Good way to start the year

The gift that keeps on giving.

Watching these certified legends makes me wonder how the Irish lasted for so long and took no casualties against mercenary’s presumably similarly to these at Jadotville.

@conorbyrne3348

2 жыл бұрын

Faulques was too over-confident at the ability of the African fighters

@chuckn4851

2 жыл бұрын

@@conorbyrne3348 Plus, even the Irish get lucky once in awhile

@TheKaareaksel

2 жыл бұрын

Because the mercenaries where incompetent, and of barely any military value. Mike Hoare was way better at self promotion, than actually soldiering. He was known as a pretty arogant and poor leader of men. As most mercenaries, they excelled most in drinking, avoiding combat agaist anything resembling military opposition, looting and war crimes against civilans and prisoners.

@CalacaRoja

2 жыл бұрын

Because the Irish were formed soldiers againts mostly thugs with a former WW2 french corporal at command.

@michaelf4506

2 жыл бұрын

Because their irish nuff said

One of these guys gifted my grandpa a looted fan from a hospital that still works to this day

Um trabalho incrível.

Still as clean and masterfully edited as it was when you uploaded it for the first time. Keep it up Samm!

Esto es una obra de arte

My absolute favourite from all your videos, this is masterclass!

I still think this is the best honestly, for some reason it just hits differently out of all the Series so far Thank you for remastering this!!!

My 80yo Great Uncle enlisted as a mercenary to fight in the congo in the 60s. The pay was very good, like 3 soldier's salaries put together with some more up front. He said he enlisted because he was young and "felt invincible and feared nothing". Luckily the guy recruiting died or something because he ended up not going to the Congo. To this day we joke about how he narrowly avoided dying of malaria while fighting a guerilla XD. To be fair, he was and is a very fit man, and very possibly would have survived. But I'm just glad he didn't go to get PTSD in a jungle.

@Killicon93

2 жыл бұрын

Physical fitness helps, but it is no guarantee of survival. Ain't no amount of pull-ups gonna save a man from a roadside mine.

@thaneofwhiterun3562

2 жыл бұрын

@@Killicon93 He was fit for combat, that's what I mean.

@ciafljfx2905

11 ай бұрын

​@@Killicon93 yeah, a bullet odoes not discriminate nor does it judge

This and the original version are probably my favorite ones of your videos. Keep up the good work!

These mercs have SO much personality. WW2 vets, young men seeking adventure, and as one stated "The money, fighting communism, and the adventure." Another simply said "I had to get away from the wife and mother." Anyone that can hip fire a .30 cal and casually change a mag while smoking a cigarette in the middle of a firefight is just another level of manhood we're sorely lacking today. The communist threat didn't go away-it just changed into wokeness and environ-mentalism within the West.

@generalbenjaminarrola340

10 ай бұрын

Quanta merda em um comentário só 😂

Absolutely love this video, great work as always MajorSamm. Can't wait for my FAL to arrive

What a way to start off 2022. Thanks, Samm

Fight house to house with Browning 1919. Be a man.

@Willbkool

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually an FN30, which is very similar but not identical to a 1919.

@deletdis6173

2 жыл бұрын

Dude ran into that house with negative fucks to give. Straight savages.

Swear everytime I watch this I find something new and interesting, like the incoming rounds impacting the ground when they're spraying the hut with the 1919, or one of them rocking a g3

probably one my favorite MajorSamm video, those guys will live forever.

00:25 the face of a war torn man

I've been waiting for this video and it finally arrived! Also happy new year!

Happy new year major! Thank you for remastering my favorite video from you! 2022 is a year of hope as we look to the future, but we cannot allow ourselves to forget the past, stay safe out there!

This was my first Majorsamm video I ever watched, which started it all.

The energy of this video is impeccable.

Hope it doesnt get age restricted

That Dutch looking dude with a beret and the pirate guy were hardcore as hell. They weren’t messing around. Kinda scary actually

I knew you were saving the best for last. Glad to finally see this one get the remaster treatment

Excelente, Major Samm!

Love your content m8

2perf 35mm has this gritty feel, not too much like 16mm but enough to not feel like proper 3perf.

My favourite compilation. Thanks, Samm.

This never gets old. Epic!

Thank you, a perfect way to ring in the new year

This is the second video I've seen on this channel, and it's top notch content. Just subscribed.

The reason I know MajorSamm. Please make more content from this era. It’s the best.

Dude I remember when this channel had like a tenth of the subscribers, what a legend

This is definitely one of your best

This song slaps ong Also another amazing video done by yourself, very nice and tied together the perfect remaster

2:50 that man got some swag.

This is exactly what I've been waiting for!

Absolutely a masterpiece now and forever

ITS EVEN BETTER A FOURTH TIME

Oka Crisis, 1990. Armed Mohawk standoff against the Canadian Forces and Quebec Provincial Police. Canadian media captured a lot of good footage.

I see you guys really like this Belgian - Congo episode..... Me too.

This is my favorite of all you work!

What could be better in 1st day of new Year!? Thanks Major Samm. 🥂🍾

Watching Major Samm because his edits are amazing ---> broke Watching Major Samm because he has certifiable bangers and you want to find more ---> woke

Why does this footage from the 60s look better than some modern war footage now??? Im so confused.

@Azetay67

2 жыл бұрын

It was filmed on an analogue camera

@chunguslover

Ай бұрын

Film is more difficult to work with than tape, but it was much much higher quality. Once tape came around, and digital cameras after that, we moved to them for their ease of use, even though for a while that meant much lower quality (digital cameras have since improved in resolution).

Always classic. Thank you, Major Samm.

Much like wine, this video only gets better with age.

0:38 If I'm not mistaken, that is Mad Mike Hoares. An indian-born Irishman who recently passed in 2020. Times were very different for every generations. It is crazy.

@phantomlordf4835

2 жыл бұрын

mad Mike or Bob Denard?

@vincentgoupil180

2 жыл бұрын

Probably neither (guy with parrot in front of Katanga flag). I believe Bob Denard was with Commando 6. He wasn't well respected in Commando 5.

This is an amazing video. Seeing it made me want to read up on what actually happened and man was it an insane time. Currently looking to find "Congo mercenary" by Mad Mike Hoare, if anyone has a digital version that'd be much appreciated. Phenomenal video

@lijger1

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you find the book. It is a good read.

@screenwriter44

2 жыл бұрын

My mechanic here in LA served with Mad Mike. Next time I see him, I'll see if he has a copy.

@marrcinatari

2 жыл бұрын

If you are looking for books on Congo war "Condottieri" by Rafał Ganowicz is also a very good read. He was there as a mercenary and story about local shaman with medical degree from Prague that was cited in comments on previous version of this video is from that book.

@pargoman854

8 ай бұрын

I have it in pdf, if you’re still interested

@azdaf

5 ай бұрын

@@pargoman854 may I

Major you are out of this world. Best YT channel ever

Video quality is fantastic for '64 , makes you really feel that you 're there

These are HARD no joke warriors (not soldiers)

9001% chad

Great remaster- these congo vids are so iconic to your channel, shame utube wont let me watch the other remaster

the quality of the footage is amazing , i thought this was from a production at first !

Halfway through I thought it was a movie before realizing they're all real people, this actually happened, and nothing is staged