Rebel Round-Up

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1517

Date Released

30 Jun 1958

Date submitted

27 Jun 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Prince Philip with Bomber Command
2. 2The Polaris Pops Up
3. 3Tragedy of the Turf
4. 4Totem Pole at Windsor
5. 5Roof-Top Modes
6. 6Rebel Round-Up
7. 7Monty Looks Back

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rebel Round-Up. DESCRIPTION: Electrified barbed wire is part of the French plan to prevent rebels from crossing into Algeria, from Tunisia. Contact with the wire gives the alarm, and French troops, sometimes using war dogs to track down the rebels, are quickly on the hunt. These are the first pictures of French troops in action, since General de Gaulle’s advent to power. SHOTLIST: Electrified barbed wire is part of the French plan to prevent rebels from crossing into Algeria, from Tunisia. Contact with the wire gives the alarm, and French troops sometimes using ‘War dogs’ to track down the rebels are soon on the hunt. These are the first pictures of French troops in action, since General de Gaulle’s advent to power.

Keywords

Weapons; Colonialism; Independence movements; Animals; Military

Locations

Algeria

Footage sources

France

Card file number

74228

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

68

Story extras:

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