French General Elections (1958)

Paris, Lyons, Gironde all in France. Scenes at polling stations in Paris, Communist leader Mr. Maurice Thorez casting his ballot in his polling station at Choisy-le-Roi, he is accompanied by his wife Jeannette Wermesch and one of his sons. Meanwhile in Lyons, Mr. Jacques Soustelle is also casting his ballot. In Paris various scenes, but youngsters in Montmartre are also organising their own elections, and learning their civic duties early. Various shots at Paris Interior Ministry where all counts are coming in and are immediately transmitted by reporters to press, radio, etc. Various scenes of voting in provinces including a CU of nun posting her vote in the ballot box. Gironde, where , Speaker of the French National Assembly, is in a good position for next Sunday’s ballot, Central France, etc. F.G. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.