Mercy Flights To Dien

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
54/39
Date Released
24 May 1954
Date covered
18 May 1954
Length of issue (in feet)
691
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Fifty Years Of Quality
  2. 2Mercy Flights To Dien
  3. 3London’s City Welcomes The Queen

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
In Indo-China, helicopters bring back the first 8 men to be evacuated from Dien Bien Phu. Aerial scenes of the fortress show the bombed airstrip.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Colonialism; Independence movements; Casualties
Locations
French Indochina
Footage sources
Pathe Journal
Credits:
Camera
Norman William Roper
Story extras:
Film clip
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Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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