 The Congolese African Queen, a 35-foot boat was built of riveted sheet iron in 1912 in the United Kingdom for service in Africa on the Victoria Nile and Lake Albert where the movie was filmed in 1950.Originally named the "Livingstone", she was built for the British East Africa Railway and used from 1912 to 1968.It spent most of its first 50 years operating in the waters of the Ruki River in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo where she was used to transport hunters, mercenaries, and cargo.