French Battle Rebels

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1149A

Date Released

14 Jun 1951

Date submitted

12 Jun 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Zoo Manners
2. 2French Battle Rebels
3. 3Berlin Parade
4. 4Persian Oil
5. 5Covent Garden
6. 6Royal Ascot
7. *Princess at Worcester and Birmingham
8. *Glasgow Police Sports

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Battle Rebels. DESCRIPTION: Artillery played a big part in the recent desperate struggle of French and Indo Chinese troops against the rebels. At one critical moment parachute troops were used to reinforce French units, cut off during the battle for Nin-Binh, some 50 miles south of Hanoi. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Artillery firing. Various angle shots of artillery firing. Parachute planes fly over & drop parachutes, dropping to ground. CU of them landing, some fall in water. Individual troops run forward through undergrowth & firing from kneeling position. Several fires in forest, troops run around. Troops run past dead soldiers - rebel. Several rebels surrender to French. Finish on French flag flying on top of rock.

Keywords

Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Fires; Death; Displaced persons; Prisoners of war; Military

Locations

French Indochina; Hanoi

Footage sources

France

Card file number

55621

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

147

Story extras:

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