Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Indo-China Conflict

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
920A
Date Released
23 Jan 1947
Date submitted
13 Jan 1947
Date submitted
20 Jan 1947
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Fight Viet-Nain in Hanoi. DESCRIPTION: Conflict in French Indo-China is illustrated by the fighting taking place near Hanoi. SHOTLIST: KS MS French officers, dressed in American uniforms looking at map. French troops marching through burning villages, straw houses burning, in fact every building is burning, tanks firing from side of road. French troops fighting in streets, firing machine guns, jeeps along road, firing at bushes, man falls out dead. Three women walk along road into camera, can hardly hold themselves up. Prisoners being interrogated by French officers, also interrogating an eight year old boy, giving him biscuits.
Locations
French Indochina
Footage sources
France
Card file number
48059
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Indo-China Conflict', British Movietone News Issue No. 920A, 23 Jan 1947. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/14273 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)