De Gaulle Leaves For Tour Of Madagascar AKA De Gaulle Leaves For Madagascar (1958)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Paris, France LS Prime Minister, General Charles de Gaulle’s Citroen arriving at the airport as he embarks on a tour of France’s African territories, first stop is Madagascar. (His Cabinet had just approved an amendment draft of what will become the Constitution of the Fifth Republic.) He alights from car and walks to ministers. LS Back view of de Gaulle walking to plane. LS De Gaulle salutes guard of honour. MS He walks up gangway of plane - waves to crowd. MS Group of ministers - Guy Mollet, former French Prime Minister; French Foreign Minister André Malraux and Louis Jacquinot, French Minister of Former Fighters & Victims of the War. MS Propellor spinning, pan along plane. MS Group of Mollet and others. LS Air France plane taxiing away to strip. Note: Date appears to be 21/08/1958. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING IN