General De Castries (1954)

Indo-China. Man pinning on medals, man scattering food for birds, man ploughing field, making a brick wall, man walking in front of sheep along tree lined avenue (unclear if this is part of UN 2617 D, it cannot be identified as another canister no.). Documentation on file states the shots are of the ill fated General Christian de Castries who Commanded the garrison at Dien Bien Phu, taken from ’our’ Library, with his officers and in the early days of the building up of Dien Bien Phu fortress, inspecting the work made on landing tracks. (F.G. B/W) Note: poor quality. 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. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.