French President’s Visit

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2491
Date Released
27 Feb 1977
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Giscard D’estaing Visits Saudi Arabia. DESCRIPTION: His Majesty King Khaled of Saudi Arabia greeted French President, Valery Giscard D’Estaing, as he arrived on a visit. During his tour of the country, President D’Estaing saw how oil revenues have given the Saudi Arabians a higher standard of living and increased technology. SHOTLIST: Zoom out to temple to Arabs praying. SV Arabs praying. GV ditto. SV ditto. GV French Concorde taxiing. CU King Khaled. SV President Giscard D’Estaing down steps. D’Estaing shakes hands with Khaled. TV modern buildings. SV round building. Angle shot ditto. GV building in progress in background with old building in foreground. Tilt up building with scaffolding. MS zoom into drill with men round it. GV buildings and cranes. Man driving digger. Digger’s truck in operation. MCU water pouring. GV irrigation canal. GV sea, pan desalination plant. MS ditto. MS children doing exercises. MCU boy’s face. MCU another face. Various shots children playing. Men learning to arc-weld. Various of welding in progress. MS looking down line of arches. MS oil well. MS men working at wellhead, pan to drill. MLS fires burning in distance pull back to two people who bow to the East.
Keywords
Royalty; Politics and government
Locations
Saudi Arabia
Footage sources
France
Pathe Journal
Card file number
77/25
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
213
Story extras:
Film clip

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'French President’s Visit', British Movietone News Issue No. 2491, 27 Feb 1977. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30950 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)