Front Line Report (1961)

Full title reads: “Bizerta. Front Line Report“ French Naval Base at Bizerta, Tunisia. Air view Bizerta showing the port. Air view aircraft carrier coming into Bizerta GV ships on the deck. SV French troops firing a mortar from the roof of a building. LV other soldiers firing rifles. CU Ditto. LV pan French tank going into the town. SV French soldier firing rifle from a window. LV troops running for cover across a road. SV two soldiers taking cover behind a tree. SV Tunisians lifting bodies of dead comrades onto a van. SV pan Ditto. LV pan shop fronts blown out by bombs. LV side of a house marked by bullet holes and a corner of it blown away by an explosion. SV Ditto. LV troops walking through streets. (F.G.) Cataloguer’s Note: The Tunisians tried to force France to give up control over their naval base on the coast - The UN were eventually called in to assist - MD. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCI