Presidential Elections In France (1965)

France. Documentation on file. VS. Of posters on hoardings around Paris boasting the claims of the candidates. VS. People seated watching television. Inter-cut with shots of the candidates orating on the screens, Lecanuet, Barbu, de Gaulle etc. MS. People write their selections on slips of paper and place them in a hat. CU. Slips being put into Ballot boxes and polling station scene. VS. Montage of important people taking part in the ballot and casting their votes at their respective villages and towns. In order Antoine Pinay, former Prime Minister, George Pompidou, Marcel Barbu one of the candidates. Candidates Mr. Marcilhacy, Mr. Tixier-Vignancourt, Mr. Jean Lecanuet, Mr. Francois Mitterand and General de Gaulle at Colombay-les-deux-Eglise. VS. Scenes during the counting and a large board with all the names of candidates and the amount of votes for each. (Dupe Neg.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCIN