Defence Of Jibuti (1939)

Full titles read: “DEFENCE OF JIBUTI“ Good aerial shots the French city of Jibuti (Djibouti). L/S’s of several steam trains at the station. M/S of passengers on a train sitting at tables eating. The commentator says that Italy have put a claim on the city and so boycott the French rail route to Adis Ababa in Abyssinia / Ethiopia. L/S’s of Italian convoy of trucks using the roads. L/S’s numerous soldiers of the French colonial army. Good L/S’s of soldiers riding camels. L/S’s of workers building a ’wall of steel’ around the city to protect form invasion. L/S’s of several anti aircraft guns and good aerial shots of patrol planes in flight over the desert. M/S’s of large warship. L/S’s of the soldiers marching on parade. M/S’s of numerous small tanks. L/S and M/S of soldier holding up a French Tricolour flag. 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.