Belfast is Scarred after Day of Riots

Series

Series Name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

142

Date Released

17 Oct 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Belfast is Scarred after Day of Riots
2. 2Canada Gets Busy on Ottawa Treaties
3. 3Mother Earth Lets off Some Steam
4. 4Austrian Nazis for Union with Germany

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Belfast Is Scarred After Day of Riots. DESCRIPTION: Vetoed procession leads to disorder, with police charges, shop-looting and incendiarism. SHOTLIST: Close shot of order posted on wall. "Civil Authorities’ Special Powers Act" on same. Close shot of police with rifles; entering train. Also others in lorry; move away. Close shot of armoured car turning round in front of camera. Close shot of boys with chisels and hammers chipping up paving in road. Police arrive and scatter same. Long shot of street with smashed windows etc. Shot of military police standing outside National Bank. Close shot of police standing round damaged buildings. Spectators watch same. Kids in debris covered streets looking to camera.

Keywords

Politics and government; Vehicles; Children; Weapons; Railways; Shops and shopping; Demonstrations; Riots; Crime

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

2056

Length of story (in feet)

186

Story extras:

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