In Sinai

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1432
Date Released
12 Nov 1956
Date submitted
6 Nov 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Occupation of Port Said
  2. 2In Sinai
  3. 3Ike’s Triumph
  4. 4Europe Protests
  5. *Scotland V Ireland

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: General Moshe Dayan Visits Southern Sinai Region. DESCRIPTION: A pilot’s eye-view of Southern Sinai, the region featured strongly in the Israeli campaign, that ended so swiftly in victory. The aim was to clear the approaches to Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba. Success was achieved by Israel’s well disciplined troops, led by General Moshe Dayan, who lost his eye, fighting Vichy-French in Syria. SHOTLIST: Shots of Southern Sinai along the coast. Shots of the Island of Tiran. General Moshe Dayan inspecting the troops, which took the area. The flag being raised. The Commander of the regiment. Colonel Abraham Joffe, talking. Dayan reading a cable from President Ben Gurion to the troops. Dayan surrounded by soldiers. Egyptian prisoners waiting to be led to camps. Shots of the bay, with mosque in foreground, boats lying on land.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Military
Locations
Israel; Sinai
Footage sources
France
Card file number
68826
Credits:
Camera
Frederick Csasznik
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
68
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