Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Berlin Scene

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1006

Date Released

13 Sep 1948

Date Other

Sep 1948

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: TUC Delegates Hear Sir Stafford Cripps
2. 2Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Berlin Scene
3. 3Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: The Latest in British Aircraft on Show
4. 4Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Juliana - Queen of the Netherlands

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin Scene. Communist and Anti Communist Demonstrations. DESCRIPTION: A communist demonstration in the Potsdammer Platz lead to some street fighting. The demonstration was followed by a mass meeting near the Reichstag, where people listened to anti-Communist speakers. SHOTLIST: GV Reichstag in ruins. Military sentries stand in front of Reichstag. Communist Germans walk through streets in procession carrying banners. Crowds gather. Street brawl breaks out. Police arrest a few marchers. GV Allied Military Headquarters cars arriving. Four flags fly outside. Crowds at anti-communist meeting. Franz Neumann addresses then, points to flag at half mast. Cut-in of Soviet flag at half mast. GV huge crowds assembled.

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Movietone

Card file number

50753

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

114

Story extras:

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