Students’ Protest Ends in Riot

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1137A

Date Released

22 Mar 1951

Date submitted

19 Mar 1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Students’ Protest Ends in Riot
2. 2Another Turpin Victory
3. 3Princess Starts River Race - And Leaves for Malta
4. 4Royal Visitors at Film Studios
5. 5Calcutta Cup - England’s Victory

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Student’s Strike Ends in Protest. DESCRIPTION: Six thousand students took part in a sit-down strike in the Rue Soufflot in the Latin Quarter of Paris. An attempt to break police cordons round the National Assembly buildings had violent results. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Elevated GV crowded boulevards. Various shots crowds seated on the ground. What traffic there is, is at a standstill. Gendarmes start to break up the crowds, in the Rue Soufflot (Latin Quarter). Various shots of civilians & gendarmes in struggles. Several taken away to police vans. General rioting.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Demonstrations; Riots

Locations

Paris

Footage sources

France

Card file number

55188

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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