Berlin Riots

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1356A
Date Released
2 Jun 1955
Date submitted
31 May 1955
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Whitsun
  2. 2Berlin Riots
  3. 3The Belgrade Meeting
  4. 4The Beauty Spot
  5. 5The Beauty Spot
  6. 6British Games Records - White City

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Communist Riots. DESCRIPTION: 4,000 Communists, mostly from the Eastern sector of Berlin, started a violent demonstration to break up a meeting of German war veterans. 300 West Berlin police were needed to control it and several of them were injured. SHOTLIST: GV of crowds. Fights. Various scenes of rioters. CU of a policeman holding his head. The water hose being used over the Reds.
Keywords
Police; Riots
Locations
Germany; Berlin
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
63692
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
71
Story extras:
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