The Desert Battlefields

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1431A

Date Released

8 Nov 1956

Date Other

Nov 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1State Opening of Parliament
2. 2Hungary’s Agony
3. 3US Election Story
4. 4The Desert Battlefields
5. 5The First Landings
6. 6Cease Fire

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Desert Battlefields. DESCRIPTION: After the fighting in the North of the Sinai Peninsular (and the capture of Gaza) we paid a visit to Israeli forces on the battlefields, where swift victory had been achieved. Two Egyptian Generals were captured: General El Agroudi and General Al Digwi, former commander of the Gaza Strip. Along the El Arish desert road, many guns and tanks of American, Russian and British make had been abandoned. SHOTLIST: Travelling shot of lorries in a line. MCU troops in lorries. Lorries moving along. CU General El Agroudi and General Al Digwi. Various shots of abandoned tanks etc.

Keywords

Military

Footage sources

France

Card file number

68833A

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

84

Story extras:

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