Goa Take-Over

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1701

Date Released

8 Jan 1962

Date submitted

3 Jan 1962

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1International Ski-Jump
2. 2For Holidays to Come
3. 3Goa Take-Over
4. 4Two-Wheeled Two-Year-Old
5. 5Drinka Cuppa Kava

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Goa Take-Over. DESCRIPTION: When India finally took military action against Goa (which had been Portuguese for over 400 years), resistance was soon abandoned. Sikhs, arriving at Pangim (the capital) after the Portuguese surrender, received a hero’s welcome from compatriots. The take-over had been virtually a walk-over, and tiny Goa was now added to the huge Republic of India. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV boats. GV boat on river. MS men on boat. MCU pan - man to man. GV tank. MCU crowd mob man. MS pan crowd. MS soldiers. MCU soldier pan to other. MS troops. MS man smashing up car. GV troops and tanks. MS troops smashing up weapons. MS man smashing up car. MCU ditto.

Keywords

Independence movements; Military

Locations

Goa

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

83676

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

108

Story extras:

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