President De Gaulle

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1542A

Date Released

25 Dec 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Off on Holiday
2. 2President De Gaulle
3. 3Atlas in Orbit
4. 4More Rocket Protests
5. 5Rough on the Ref
6. 6Last of the Many
7. 7Any Old Iron
8. 8Farm Robot
9. 9A Really White Christmas
10. *Greetings Card

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 9

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: President De Gaulle. DESCRIPTION: General de Gaulle has now been elected the President of France, and the official announcement and take-over are to follow. The result of the voting had been anticipated, an overwhelming majority for Charles de Gaulle. SHOTLIST: CU de Gaulle speaks (key). CU same. After election.

Keywords

Politics and government

Locations

France; Paris

Footage sources

France

Card file number

75865

Credits:

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

29

Story extras:

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