Goa Take-Over

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1701
Date Released
8 Jan 1962
Date submitted
3 Jan 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Goa Take-Over. DESCRIPTION: When India finally took military action against Goa (which had been Portuguese for over 400 years), resistance was soon abandoned. Sikhs, arriving at Pangim (the capital) after the Portuguese surrender, received a hero’s welcome from compatriots. The take-over had been virtually a walk-over, and tiny Goa was now added to the huge Republic of India. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV boats. GV boat on river. MS men on boat. MCU pan - man to man. GV tank. MCU crowd mob man. MS pan crowd. MS soldiers. MCU soldier pan to other. MS troops. MS man smashing up car. GV troops and tanks. MS troops smashing up weapons. MS man smashing up car. MCU ditto.
Keywords
Independence movements; Military
Locations
Goa
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
83676
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Goa Take-Over', British Movietone News Issue No. 1701, 8 Jan 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24443 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)