Formosa - Crisis Continues

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1341A

Date Released

17 Feb 1955

Date submitted

14 Feb 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Portugal - Royal Wedding
2. 2Formosa - Crisis Continues
3. 3News in Brief: Italian Premier Here
4. 4News in Brief: Report on Comets
5. 5News in Brief: Canal Take-Over
6. 6News in Brief: Rugger International
7. 7Nigerian Parliament Opened
8. 8Royal Tour - Grenada & Barbados
9. *Duke of Edinburgh Receives Freedom of Glasgow

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Formosa - Crisis Continues. DESCRIPTION: Little Kimmen Island, a hundred miles North of Formosa, was one of the targets for recent Communist attacks. On Formosa itself, Nationalist troops are busily engaged in mock warfare in readiness for the real thing. SHOTLIST: KS Soldier on guard looking out to sea. Gun emplacement in the background. Slip pan. Various shots of troops firing at a village. Soldiers crossing a river amid explosions. CU of a plane. Pilot enters plane. Plane takes off. Planes flying.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Military

Locations

Formosa; Little Kimmen Island

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

62877

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

84

Story extras:

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