Paris Police Battle Communists

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1088A
Date Released
13 Apr 1950
Date submitted
Apr 1950
Date submitted
11 Apr 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Trailer: Lord Mayor’s Thanksgiving Fund
  2. 1A Large Crowd Watched Dominicks Bar Wins the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse
  3. 2Royal Charter for Nairobi
  4. 2Irish Movietone: Dublin’s Easter Parade
  5. 3Paris Police Battle Communists
  6. 4London’s Easter Parade
  7. 5Easter - How Did You Like It?
  8. 6His Holiday Awheel
  9. *Raich Carter Coaches Young Players at Hull City
  10. *US Sailors Entertain Glasgow Orphans

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Paris Police Battle Communists. DESCRIPTION: In Paris, just before Easter, there were some pretty rough scenes in the Champs Elysees, as the police came to grips with about 1500 communists. It was said to be a demonstration against the right-wing newspaper Le Figaro. SHOTLIST: KS. MS police fighting with Communist rioters. In the Champs Elysees. Communists fighting with police & civilians. Police vans arrive with additional police, running fights take place. Injured being taken away, arrests being made, restaurants in boulevards, their chairs being thrown at one another & broken. Fighting in general.
Keywords
Riots
Locations
Paris
Footage sources
France
Card file number
53543
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
122
Story extras:
Film clip

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