French Take Prisoners in Indo China

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1144A

Date Released

10 May 1951

Date submitted

7 May 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1East and West Berlin on May Day
2. 2French Take Prisoners in Indo China
3. 3Rain Curtails Silverstone Meeting
4. 4Turpin Down Uts Wins
5. 5Royal Visitors from Denmark

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Take Prisoners in Indo-China. DESCRIPTION: An artillery barrage played an important part in the recent French success in the Red River Delta area; our pictures show the re-occupation of villages and the capture of prisoners. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. French artillery barrage. Various shots ditto. French troops on march, single file, crossing, wading across stream, rivers etc. French & Moroccan troops enter burning village. LS burning haystack. Several shots of burnt out ruins of village. Various shots of Viet-Minh, hundreds, being marched into captivity.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; Weapons; Fires; Prisoners of war; Military

Locations

Hanoi

Footage sources

France

Card file number

55431

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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