Crisis Continues In Nicosia (1956)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Nicosia, Cyprus LS General view of Nicosia. MS British patrols driving past. CU Bell tolling in bell tower. LS Boys climbing bell tower of Phaneromeni church where Archbishop Makarios is addressing the people. LS Police patrols arriving and surrounding church. (3 shots). (Camera is switched off just as a British soldier casually passes a Cypriot then raises his baton to attack him). MS Cypriots being searched by British troops. (2 shots). MS Airborne troops / paratroopers outside church, girls wheeling their bicycles past them. MS Cypriot women standing with their children on the steps of their house. LS and MS British armoured car parked in the centre of the street. MS Armoured car drives off. Note: “Date received“ on original paperwork reads 13/03/1956. FILM ID:2540.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.