Cyprus Arms Round Up

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1391
Date Released
30 Jan 1956
Date submitted
25 Jan 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Naval Patrol and Shotguns. DESCRIPTION: Along a 500 miles of coast-line, ships have to maintain a constant patrol off Cyprus to guard against gun running. Nicosia Central Police Station - and the arrival of hundreds of Cypriots to hand in their guns, under the Government’s emergency order, everyone had to surrender their weapons. SHOTLIST: Minesweeper. Crew on board. MS Caique the Abdul Raif. Grappling irons. Shots on board Caique. Examining ships papers. Police station. CU rifles etc. Farmer with gun. Various shots of handing over of guns to police. GV priest with gun. Handing over same.
Keywords
Ships and boats; Weapons; Independence movements; Terrorism; Navy; Military
Locations
Cyprus; Nicosia
Card file number
65784
Credits:
Camera
David W. Samuelson
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
165
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Cyprus Arms Round Up', British Movietone News Issue No. 1391, 30 Jan 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20694 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)