What Language!

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1690A

Date Released

26 Oct 1961

Date submitted

24 Oct 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Southampton - Hovering On
2. 2Mural in Steel
3. 3Mountaineering Mounties
4. 4Beadniks
5. 5Essex - It’s Her Station
6. 6What Language!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: What Language!. DESCRIPTION: What language to be used, that was the cause of the recent trouble in Brussels. The Flemish people demanded that there should be equality for the Flemish and French languages. This demonstration was one more example of a long-standing grievance, and the police were quite active. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV street in Brussels. LS Flemish demonstrators. LS same. MCU same. MS pan demonstrators. MS police consoling crowds. MS same. MS fighting. MS same. MLS same. MLS private fighting begins. MS same. MS youth throws stick. MS another. MS general fighting. GV same. MS fighting.

Keywords

Ethnic groups; Politics and government; Police

Locations

Belgium; Brussels

Footage sources

France

Card file number

83360

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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