Flashpoint Cyprus

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1836A
Date Released
13 Aug 1964
Date submitted
10 Aug 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flashpoint Cyprus. DESCRIPTION: The latest flare-up is the most serious development in all the years of strife and conflict. It could have had repercussions on a world scale. Pictures show damage caused by Turkish air attacks on villages on the North West coast. We can only hope that the cease fire, called for by the United Nations, will be maintained by both sides. SHOTLIST: Key scene. LS burning ship in harbour. MCU pan same. LS same and pan to land. MS soldiers uncovering gun. MCU same loading gun. MS again. CU gun barrel. MS another. MS soldier loading gun. BS soldier on anti aircraft gun. MS soldiers in trenches. LS wrecked houses. MLS same. MS soldier enters wrecked building. MS same in wrecked building. MCU same. MCU man interviewing priest. CU same. MS men carrying burnt body. CU same. MS badly burnt man in hospital bed. CU injured man with fan and pan to another burnt man. MS another badly burnt victim in hospital. CU same’s burnt face. MLS relatives around patient’s bed. MS pan armoured vehicles past camera. (16 mm blow-up).
Keywords
Ethnic groups; Politics and government; Weapons; Independence movements; Riots; Military
Locations
Cyprus; Tylliria-Paphos
Footage sources
United Press International [UPI]
Card file number
88714
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
185
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Flashpoint Cyprus', British Movietone News Issue No. 1836A, 13 Aug 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25636 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)