East Berlin Riots

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1255

Date Released

22 Jun 1953

Date submitted

19 Jun 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Underwater Atlantic Crossing
2. 2Burning Tanker is Total Loss
3. 3Korean Protests
4. 4Russia Opens Austrian Controls
5. 5East Berlin Riots
6. 6Royal Ascot
7. *Keenan Wins Title

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: East Berlin Riots. DESCRIPTION: From East Berlin - a very different story. These are the first pictures of the grave riots that followed a strike by some fifty thousand workers. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Crowds in streets. Various shots crowds demonstrating in streets, small fires burning. Young men on top of Brandenburg Gate (library shot CARD 50764), pull down the Red Flag. Shots of (GV) being burned. Police & troops mingle with crowds.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Fires; Demonstrations; Riots; Military

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

59275

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

86

Story extras:

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