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General De Gaulle Entertained at British Embassy in Cairo

Series

Series Name
War Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.
16
Date Released
21 Apr 1941
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1General De Gaulle Entertained at British Embassy in Cairo
  2. 2Malta’s Air Defence
  3. 3Battle of the Matapan
  4. 4Reinforcements for Greece
  5. 5Fall of Asmara
  6. 6Adi Ugri

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
General de Gaulle attends party held in his honour in the gardens of the British Embassy in Cairo. Seen with his host Sir Miles Lampson, the British Ambassador, and Lady Lampson. The General meets the Egyptian premier, Hussein Sirry Pasha.
Keywords
Politics and government; Social events; Exile
Credits:
Commentator
Rex Keating

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Film Archive

Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Email
film@iwm.org.uk
Web
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone
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Fax
020 7416 5379
Address
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes
The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
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