French Indo-China Crisis

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1116A
Date Released
26 Oct 1950
Date submitted
21 Oct 1950
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Indo-China Crisis. DESCRIPTION: M Letourneau and General Juin are seen shortly after their arrival in Saigon. Near Hanoi, heavily-equipped paratroops reinforcing hard-pressed French and Vietnamese forces. SHOTLIST: KS. Plane lands, General Juin & M Letourneau greeted. Several shots of them with officers, also inspect troops. Paratroopers board Dakotas, near Hanoi, Dakotas taxies. Inside aircraft in flight, paratroopers sitting waiting. Aerial shots of mountainous country in region of That Khe. Paratroopers pushed out of Dakotas. Parachuting supplies. Aerials of supplies in air stream leaving plane. Aerial of mountains in Tongking region. Various aerials of the very hilly & mountainous countryside.
Keywords
Politics and government; Colonialism; Independence movements; Military
Locations
Saigon; That Khe; Tongking
Footage sources
France
Card file number
54498
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
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'French Indo-China Crisis', British Movietone News Issue No. 1116A, 26 Oct 1950. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/16741 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)