Cyprus - Turk Meets Greek

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1399A

Date Released

29 Mar 1956

Date submitted

23 Mar 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Diary - Gala Performance
2. 2Royal Diary - The Coventry Visit
3. 3Royal Malay Wedding
4. 4Prince Rainier Returns
5. 5News in Brief: Cairo Train Crash
6. 6News in Brief: Theron Home
7. 7News in Brief: Soviet Security Chief
8. 8News in Brief: Malenkov at Calder Hall
9. 9National Sensation Analysed
10. 10Cyprus - Turk Meets Greek
11. *Celtic V Clyde - Football
12. *Wales V France Rugby

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

10 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cyprus - Turk Meets Greek. DESCRIPTION: Attacks by Greek Cypriots on their Turkish neighbours in the village of Visilia. SHOTLIST: The day after attacks by Greek Cypriots on their Turkish neighbours in the village of Visilia, that large numbers of Turks gathered in Nicosia to engage in retaliation. The riot squad of the Royal Warwicks used tear gas bombs to disperse the demonstrators. Crowds in streets. SCU riots squads of Warwicks, dispersing. Tear gas bombs. SCU throwing and kicking. Smashing chairs bikes etc. Kicking paper about.

Keywords

Demonstrations; Riots; Military

Locations

Cyprus; Nicosia

Card file number

66391

Credits:

Commentator

David Lewis Jacobs

Camera

David W. Samuelson

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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