News Briefs: Sway of Battle in Indo-China
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Section Title
- News Briefs
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Briefs - Sway of Battle in Indo-China. DESCRIPTION: Paratroops have recently been very prominent in the fighting in Indo-China - a reconnaissance force was dropped ten miles South West of the air strip at Na Sam. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Over camera paratroops dropping from plane. Ditto. Troops in camouflaged clothes on the march through rough country. GV of troops gathered in valley. Troops sitting on ground eating. Local people approach. CU type of girl. People eating some of the troops food. Troops on march again, with locals watching them. MS ambush, small explosion, wounded being carried through undergrowth. CU wounded being attended. Troops fire US carbines, also small cannons.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Health and medicine; Food and cooking; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Explosions; Military
- Locations
- Na-Sam
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 58446
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Lionel James Gamlin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 105
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How to cite this record
'News Briefs: Sway of Battle in Indo-China', British Movietone News Issue No. 1234, 26 Jan 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18335 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)