| ELECTIONS Election Landslide for Gaullists. Charles de Gaulle is re-elected President of France with massive majority. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5027 |
| Catalog #: | 364747 | |
| Clip Number: | 364747-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 68/54 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | France | |
| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Voting | |
| Description: | LANDSLIDE FOR DE GAULLE - RETURNED TO POWER WITH LARGEST MAJORITY French elections held; after period of strikes; riots; revolt; and the Gaullists won by a landslide; the largest majority ever in the Republique Francaise. France Opens with shot of busy boulevard in Paris; government building. At polling place: voting booths behind curtains; election officials; voters handing in ballots. CUs hands placing cards in ballot box. Young woman then young man come out from behind curtains of booths. Young people putting ballots in box. CU glass front of ballot box with folded ballots inside. M/S Chateau on the Loire. Prime Minister Georges Pompidou voting. He drops in ballot as photographers take pictures; turns toward camera, smiles and nods. Then the president, General Charles de Gaulle votes. Another CU of ballot box with glass front de Gaulle shakes hands with one of the men standing there, exits. Great shot of man watching over a row of those big old computers with wheels spinning, etc. CU of computer cards coming out. DS crowded room. People waiting for results. Shot of big board with results of different races in National Assembly. Crowd of people in street with lights hung up across. CU in crowd: woman eating, man drinking. Car driving down the street with guy holding out French flag | |
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