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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