Indo-China - Operation Picardie

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1269

Date Released

28 Sep 1953

Date Other

Sep 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Home News: Film Star Swims Thames
2. 2Home News: Plague of Flies
3. 3Home News: Lynmouth Hit Again
4. 4Wives Rejoin Exiled Sultan
5. 5Indo-China - Operation Picardie
6. 6The German Scene
7. 7The German Scene
8. 8Boxing
9. 9Boxing
10. *Invention
11. *Invention

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Operation ‘Picardie’. DESCRIPTION: News of the seemingly endless war against the Viet-Minh rebels in Indo-China concerns a series of air strikes in what is called Operation Picardie. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Bomber. French bombers in formation. CU pilot. Shot up looking through bomb-bay doors. Rockets fired at objective. Planes coming through in to make bomb run. Shots through bomb bay doors of bombs away. Bursting on targets. GV. More shots of bombs away.

Keywords

Aviation; Explosions; War damage; Military

Locations

French Indochina

Footage sources

France

Card file number

59793

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

80

Story extras:

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