Citation
A convoy of French troops rolled across the Rwandan border on Sunday morning (26/6) as "Operation Turquoise" spread across the southwest of the country. The convoy of 13 jeeps and two trucks, carrying red-bereted paratroopers, anti-tank missiles and machine guns, is the first major arrival in this zone since a contingent of 200 French troops crossed over three days ago. Most of the French soldiers, now numbering about 1,000 of a force that will reach 2,500, are in Zaire and making forays into Rwanda to localize some of the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing ethnic fighting.
SHOWS:
RWANDA/ZAIRE 25-26/6
BUKAVU, ZAIRE 25/6
0.00 plane landing at bukavu airport
0.04 plane taxiing
0.07 air traffic controller
0.10 jeep driving out of transport plane
0.20 troops picking up gear from tarmac
0.24 helicopter flies in
0.32 troops fix gun onto jeep
GOMA, ZAIRE 26/6
0.40 troops sitting around beside tents
0.44 row of jeeps with field guns
0.48 tanks drive past
0.56 senagalese soldiers clapping and singing
NORTHERN RWANDA 26/6
1.05 military convoy greeted by people on roadside
1.15 french flag on the back jeep
1.20 child gives french soldier flower
1.25 refugees around camp fire
1.29 soldier talking with refugees
1.32 vision ends
