The French Crisis

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1511
Date Released
19 May 1958
Date submitted
18 May 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1State Reception
  2. 2British Motor Cycle Win
  3. 3Picture of a Star
  4. 4Society Wedding
  5. 5Sir Vivian Fuchs
  6. 6Wot! No Gravity
  7. 7The French Crisis

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The French Crisis. DESCRIPTION: France has witnessed many a political crisis, in the post-war years, this was a crisis with a difference; that confronted Monsieur Gaillard’s eventual successor, Monsieur Pflimlin, the new Premier. The news came of a near-revolution, in Algeria. The Algerian questions has been the obstacle that one French Government, after another, has failed to surmount. Seven eighths of Algeria consists of Sahara Desert and beneath the sands of this desert lies wealth: OIL. Algeria is certainly vital, to French economy. There has been war since 1954, between the Nationalists, and the French Army. Now to the crisis: fears, that Pflimlin would not get his vote, or that he might abandon Algeria led General Massu, setting up a Committee of Public Safety, and the rioting increased in Algeria, the crisis was so acute, that President Coty himself called on the army; to remain loyal to the Government in Paris. There was a demand for General de Gaulle to take over, France faces a situation, of the utmost gravity. SHOTLIST: GV air shot of Paris. LS Eiffel Tower. Air shot section of Paris. MS Mr Pflimlin being interviewed. Algerian Tribesmen in camp. Tribesmen on horseback. Legionaires shake hands with tribesmen. GV desert town. Oil storage tanks. MS oil waggons. CU French paratroopers about to jump. Air shots of paratroopers descending. Same on ground. Demonstrators run up stairs. GV crowds. French soldiers. Demonstrators with flags. Crowds. Military Police pan to General Massu. Pan shot of General in moving car. Rioters. Soldiers hold back same. Rioters smash buildings. Rioters on roof of cars. Overturned cars. Tear gas bombs smoke on ground. President Coty at microphone. Paris - demonstrators marching, demonstrators with flags. French riot police. Demonstrators with banners. Police fight demonstrators. Police clash with demonstrators. SCU de Gaulle speaks with VIP. Flag hangs from Arc de Triomphe. Clouds pan to Eiffel Tower.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Business and commerce; Horses; Colonialism; Demonstrations; Independence movements; Riots; Crime; Animals; Military
Locations
Paris; Algiers; Sahara Desert
Footage sources
France
Card file number
73782
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
236
Story extras:
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