15 Aug. News24, South Africa . 15 Aug. 1955 - Indian independence day is
marked with an invasion of Portuguese Goa where 5 000 Indians, advocates of
passive resistance, walk into the fire of Portuguese police. Thirteen
Indians are killed and 100 injured.
Movietone Newreel. Description:
GOA - INDIA BORDER SHOOTING Story No: 64318
GV (General View) Crowds waving and shouting. GV along river. GV train
arriving with demonstrators. GV of crowd. CU of children marching. GV of
jeering crowds. CU of houses in a village. CUs of crowd marching. GV of men
laying down for protection against bullets. Wounded man being assisted.
For the Movietone News videoclip [registration required but it is free] see
http://www.movietone.com/POPUP_Player.cfm?action=playVideo&assetno=104387
Pathe Newsreel. Description:
Police of Portugal's colony Goa open fire on demonstrators demanding return
of Goa. Satygrahis arriving in Belgaum by train on way to border between Goa
and India. People with banners and getting down from train. Mass meeting
at Banda in progress, where Satygrahis raise anti-Portugal slogans.
Demonstrators demand the end of Portuguese rule and return of Goa to India.
Meeting in progress (2 shots). Satygrahis marching to the border after the
mass meeting carrying banners. Satygrahis at the Goa territory and opposite
the Portuguese soldiers opening fire on the unarmed Indian people.
Satygrahis crawling forward on the ground, but the volley of fire from the
Portuguese soldiers prevent them from obtaining any further progress.
Portuguese soldier firing from hut. SBV. Indian Satygrahis watching firing.
Mass of Satygrahis demonstrating and shouting slogans.
Watch the videoclip at
http://www.itnarchive.com/cgi-bin/taweb.exe?x=d&o=d&q=(Goa)&d=BPATHE&i=61453&p=2&t=doc.tmpl&v=tabbed
There is an online archive of Portuguese newsclips but I cannot remember
where. Does anyone know of it or any other source of online images of the
event?
Eddie Fernandes
