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

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Address

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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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