De Gaulle Landslide

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2039A

Date Released

4 Jul 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Insurance for Peace
2. 2Irish Derby Sensation
3. 3Home from Gipsy Moth
4. 4De Gaulle Landslide
5. 5Top Price Tigers
6. 624-Hour Tear Away

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: De Gaulle Landslide. DESCRIPTION: An overwhelming victory for President de Gaulle in the French Elections. Even without the help of his Independent Allies, the Gaullists now hold three-quarters of the National Assembly seats. SHOTLIST: Election posters. Ditto. MS voters enter polling booths. MCU voter puts paper in ballot box. MCU gendarme puts paper in ballot box. MCU man puts paper in ballot box. CU (3 shots) voters faces. CU hand puts paper in ballot box. MS Mendes France walks up steps of polling station. MS Mendes France talking in polling station. MCU polling clerk. MS Mendes France puts paper into ballot box. MS de Gaulle enters polling booth. MS cameraman. MS de Gaulle puts paper in ballot box. CU paper drops into box. MS de Gaulle walks away from box. MS pan map of constituencies. GV results centre, map in background. MS de Gaulle speaking at desk.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media

Locations

France

Footage sources

France

Card file number

93680

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

108

Story extras:

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