Collection search - No. 55, [War Background]
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No. 55, [War Background]
Series title:CBC TV News LibraryHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1964-11-21Item number (ISN):115184Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: NATIONAL NEWS LIBRARYAccession:1983-0127Media:VideoPart:1 of 1Production date:1964-11-21Production company:British Commonwealth International Newsfilm AgencyDescription:Stock footage of Yemen's Saudi Arabia - backed Royalist forces battling against the ruling Republicans and their Egyptian Allies. A musical track accompanies the actuality sound through most of the film. Footage shows: various views of a burnt out Egyptian track; the boaies and skeletons of Republican troops lying in wind-swept sands; the Yemen countryside where fighting has taken place; Royalist troops firing on Republicans with machine guns and ritles; a Red Cross flag and a hospital where a surgeon stitches a soldier's wounded face; a bombed pro-Royalist village; captured Egyptian troops with their feet shackled climbing the stairs of a fort while their Royalist Captors look on; Royalist leader Imam (King) Mohammed Al Badr being greeted at headquarters; Royalist forces doing a war dance before going into battle; night fighting; and Royalists heading back to camp. The footage, shot before a ceasefire, was used in a long background news item. <5mn>Language:EnglishOriginal number:BCI10514Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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