Gaza Strip Crisis

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1449A
Date Released
14 Mar 1957
Date Other
Mar 1957
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Cross Country Championships
  2. 2Ghana Parliament
  3. 3Singapore Remembers
  4. 4News in Brief: Ship Collision
  5. 5News in Brief: The Last of the Reichstag
  6. 6News in Brief: Earthquake in Greece
  7. 7All Mod Con for Motorists
  8. 8Gaza Strip Crisis
  9. 9The Grand National is Coming
  10. *Wales V Ireland
  11. *To Fight Tb

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
8 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gaza Strip Crisis. DESCRIPTION: Men of the UN Emergency Force awaited orders to enter the Gaza Strip, as soon as General Burns had completed arrangements for the temporary take-over. Israeli forces began their withdrawal from the area, which continued through the night. The arrival of UN troops overlapped their evacuation. Since then, anti-UN sentiment seems to have stirred up and Nasser has announced the immediate take-over of Gaza by Egypt. SHOTLIST: GV Israeli camp in desert (x2). MS General Burns. MCU officer looks through periscope. MCU soldier ditto. LS Israeli tanks withdrawing. MS ditto. Whip pan to night shots of UN troops in jeeps and lorries arriving. CU group of local Arabs yelling at Israelis. CU Israeli soldier stands in jeep. CU Arabs (x3). Whip pan day UN troops control Arabs. MS car past with Arab flag. GV UN troops in street with Arabs (x2). MS car drives passed with Arabs seated on top of it.
Keywords
Politics and government; Military
Locations
Israel
Footage sources
France
Card file number
70054
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
110
Story extras:
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