In Sinai

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1432

Date Released

12 Nov 1956

Date submitted

6 Nov 1956

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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

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