In Sinai
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
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:
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- Camera
- Frederick Csasznik
- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 68
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