Springboks Home from Madagascar

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

43/11

Date Released

8 Feb 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The U-Boat Menace
2. 2Polish Airmen Get Their 500th Kill
3. 3Per Ardua Ad Astra
4. 4Commando Course for Vehicles
5. 5Springboks Home from Madagascar
6. 6Trailer: Digging for Victory
7. *Massed Launching
8. *Woollies on Their Way
9. *Coastguard Manoeuvres
10. *Girls Will Be Boys
11. *Mudlarks at Melbourne

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

General Gentilhomme arrives in Madagascar as High Commissioner thus restoring French Sovereignty to that island. In Cape Town, South African troops parade through streets after returning home from service in Madagascar.

Keywords

Politics and government; Colonialism; Military

Locations

Cape Town; South Africa; Madagascar

Length of story (in feet)

99

Story extras:

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