Votes for Nasser

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1499A

Date Released

27 Feb 1958

Date submitted

25 Feb 1958

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Votes for Nasser. DESCRIPTION: In Cairo, they queued up to vote for the President of the new United Arab Republic. The result, 99.9 per cent for Nasser. Meanwhile the Sudanese Minister for Foreign Affairs went to visit the President, who apparently wanted to extend the Republic southward into the Sudan. SHOTLIST: MS portrait of Nasser. Back shot voters. Closer same. Entering voting room. CU man voting. CU woman same. Man votes. MS Nasser votes. MS same. Votes sorted. MS palace. Nasser & Sudanese Minister for Foreign Affairs. Sudanese gets into car. Car leaves. GV mass celebration in Cairo. Same. Diff. angle same. Pan shot same. MS Nasser speaks. Back shot same. MS Nasser speaks. GV audience. LS same.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Foreign relations; Celebrations and festivals; Victory celebrations

Locations

Egypt; Cairo; Damascus

Footage sources

France

Card file number

72922

Credits:

Commentator: Jeffrey K. Shearley

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