Argentine Revolt (1955)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Newsreel item. Title reads: “Buenos Aires“ Buenos Aires, Argentina MS Wreckage of cars burning in the Plaza de Mayo. MS A plane flies over, birds fly around. Pan across wrecked cars burning. A small truck drives through the streets with men hanging onto the doors. A group of people lead an injured man with blood-stained shirt. They prepare to drive him away in a damaged car, with a white flag to fly from the window. Two rebel planes from the Argentine Navy’s Air Arm, in revolt against President Peron, fly over on a bombing raid. A corpse lying by a car. Men with a hosepipe dowsing a car with water. Pan along wreckage to dead bodies lying by a car. LS Large crowd outside the Cardinal’s Palace. MS Men smashing in the windows of the Palace. LS A fire against the Palace walls, in the background people from the Palace surrendering. Note: “Date received“ on original paperwork reads: 15/06/1955. Poor quality picture, was bl
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