France Strikes It Rich

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

57/51

Date Released

24 Jun 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Present for a Princess
2. 2France Strikes It Rich
3. 3Is Your Phone Tapped?
4. 4Ascot Gold Cup

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

French engineers in Equatorial Africa are making a big new contribution to their country’s oil resources.

Keywords

Colonialism

Locations

Gabon

Footage sources

Pathe Journal

Length of story (in feet)

90

Story extras:

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