Battle of Bizerta

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1677A
Date Released
27 Jul 1961
Date submitted
25 Jul 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Largest in Europe
  2. 2Robin Hood’s Merry Music
  3. 3New Records at White City
  4. 4Battle of Bizerta

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Battle of Bizerta. DESCRIPTION: Thorn in the flesh of President Bourguiba of Tunisia is the French Naval Base at Bizerta. His attempt to deprive the French of their rights to hold and defend it, produced immediate retaliation, and three days of fearful bloodshed. Movietone cameramen took these pictures as French troops established command of the situation, clearing streets and buildings of the last remnants of opposition. Inevitably, innocent people were to suffer. The Tunisians paid a high price for their attempt to anticipate an answer to their demands, and mass funerals pointed with tragic clarity the full extent of a bloody sacrifice, nearly 700 dead, over 1,100 were wounded. SHOTLIST: Key scene. Aerial shot of Bizerta. LS aerial shot of harbour. LS pan tank. LS pan same. LS troops patrol street. LS troops in buildings. MS same. LS man firing from window. LS building being fired on. MS soldier smashes in door. CU picture on floor. MS soldier walks through building. MS troops firing from roof. MS another. MS another. LS soldier runs across street. LS another. LS ruined building. MS same. MS smashed jeep. LS men lined along wall. MS same. LS prisoners in building. MLS coffin. MS ambulance. LS bodies lined up on ground. GV coffins. LS coffin carried away. MS mourners. MS same. LS coffins.
Keywords
Politics and government; Social events; Colonialism; Independence movements; Military; Funerals
Locations
Bizerte
Footage sources
France
Card file number
82913
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
161
Story extras:
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