| France Waits: Crisis Drags On As DeGaulle Stands Patient | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1648 |
| Catalog #: | 355578 | |
| Clip Number: | 355578-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-041-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:00:21 - 00:01:16 | |
| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: France JOURNALISM: Press Conference LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris PERSONALITIES: De Gaulle, Charles WAR & CONFLICT: Revolution, Algerian War of Independence 1954 - 1962 | |
| Description: | In Paris nearly three years of political silence is broken by General Charles De Gaulle who calls a public press conference in his response to urging of Algerian desistance that he take over the government. Upwards to 1,000 jam the room to hear the hero of World War II accept the leadership of France once more. To deny any ambition to becoming a dictator and to attack the nation's form of government as a source of France's troubles. A dramatic and possibly a faithful moment but the immediate reaction was one of suspense. France waits out its first crisis since World War II. A tree lined street in Paris and medium traffic on the street. MCUS - General DeGaulle disembarking from a car shaking hands. MS - Newsmen standing behind their camera's of the day. MCUS - The leader of WW II steps up to the podium to accept the leadership of France. MCUS - The press and their camera's recording a visual history of General Charles DeGaulle. CUS - Charles DeGaulle speaking. CUS - Newspaper men taking notes. Outside the press taking pictures. MCUS - General Charles DeGaulle exiting the building. | |
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