Ten Nation Tour - Big Test for De Gaulle

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1844
Date Released
5 Oct 1964
Date Other
Sep 1964
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Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ten Nation Tour - Big Test for De Gaulle. DESCRIPTION: Venezuela was the first of the ten countries on President de Gaulle’s South American Tour. A 20,000 mile journey, and a tremendous test for him. Besides the security risk, de Gaulle is making this tour against the advice of his doctors. Cities like Bogota, capital of Colombia, at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet, could impose a severe strain on a man much younger than the President. And there are the crowds. 9,000 Colombian police were on duty to protect him from attack, possibly by members of the OAS, the French Secret Army, who sought refuge in South America after Algeria’s independence. It was the same in Quito, capital of Ecuador: the crowds, the heat and the altitude. We must admire de Gaulle, not only for his indifference to danger, but for his energy as an ambassador. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS pan President Charles de Gaulle in car waving to crowds. MS armed guards. GV crowds. LS de Gaulle moving through crowds. MS same. CU de Gaulle waves to crowds. GV Government Palace. MCU de Gaulle arrives in car. TS crowd and guard of honour. GV crowd waving tricolour. MS de Gaulle from balcony waving. TS crowd and guard of honour. MS children waving tricolour. MCU de Gaulle walking amongst crowd. MS crowd. GV procession and CU de Gaulle. TS same’s car in procession. GV crowd. CU de Gaulle talks to crowd. CU crowd. CU de Gaulle talks to crowd.
Keywords
Politics and government
Locations
Ecuador; South America; Venezuela; Colombia; Bogota; Quito; Caracas
Footage sources
Pathe Rota
Card file number
88907
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
191
Story extras:
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'Ten Nation Tour - Big Test for De Gaulle', British Movietone News Issue No. 1844, 5 Oct 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25700 (Accessed 28 Feb 2026)