Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: France - Still in Throes of Paralysing Strike

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
966
Date Released
8 Dec 1947
Date submitted
4 Dec 1947
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: D-Day Port Commemorates Anglo-American Co-Operation
  2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: New York Parade Heralds Christmas Approach
  3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: US Army Wins Annual Football Classic
  4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Sir Stafford Cripps Looks on the Bright Side
  5. 5Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: France - Still in Throes of Paralysing Strike
  6. 6Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Partition - Palestine Outburst Follows UN Assembly Vote

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: French Strikes. DESCRIPTION: Bread queues have formed in Paris and public transport is chaotic as the strikes continue. Factories and power plants are being guarded against communist rioters and sabotage has been reported from many areas. SHOTLIST: KS MS police patrolling. MS & GV patrols matching through streets, patrolling outside National Assembly building during sitting of cabinet. Bread queues in streets. Crowds around buses and queuing for same. Several shots barges and tugs on the Seine, blocking the waterway. Police break down gate of factory enter same searching strikers. All the above is Paris. At Arras, various shots of the wrecked Paris/Lille express, workmen burning lines, sorting among the wreckages and clearing the same.
Keywords
Labour relations
Footage sources
France
Card file number
49522
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
87
Story extras:
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