Swing to the Right

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1539A
Date Released
4 Dec 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Swing to the Right. DESCRIPTION: In Algeria, voting went on for three days: a single ballot on a different system from France. But the election was headline news: and Muslim women were as keen as the men in exercising their right to vote. In France, the second ballot confirmed the indications of the first: a landslide to the right. The Communists lost a hundred and thirty-four seats, and now have only ten. The Gaullist UNR head the list with a hundred and eighty-eight. SHOTLIST: GV pan town in Algeria. GV Queue in street. MS same. CU Muslim women talk. CU pan waiting men. CU putting vote in box. MS same. 4 shots same. Woman shrugs shoulders. Slip pan to GV polling booth in France. MS putting vote into box (3). CU same. MS same. CU same. GV checking hall. CU ‘score’ board. GV same.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Women
Locations
France; Algeria
Footage sources
France
Card file number
75657
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Swing to the Right', British Movietone News Issue No. 1539A, 4 Dec 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22737 (Accessed 25 Jun 2025)