Learning on ScreenSkirmish in the Square
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- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Skirmish in the Square. DESCRIPTION: Sir Oswald Mosley’s Unionist Rally in Trafalgar Square drew a crowd estimated at more than 5,000. The first, and as it turned out, the only audible speaker, was greeted with a barrage of rotten fruit and coins. That was the beginning of a very abrupt end for the Fascist meeting. The crowd, determined to wreck it, broke through the police cordon. Flash-back to 1936, and a parade of Mosley’s black shirts in the East End of London. As they marched through the streets, anti-Fascist elements set about them. The police were kept busy then, and they certainly were this time! SHOTLIST: Key scene. Sign. Crowds. (2 shots) Mosley speaking. Crowds. Speaker. (2 shots) crowds pushing police. (3 shots) fighting. Star burst. (2 shots) man inspects police. Policeman. Crowds. Police with man. (4 shots) fighting. Police fighting with man. (3 shots) police fighting with men.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Police; Riots
- Locations
- London; Trafalgar Square
- Footage sources
- Library
- Card file number
- 84828
- Credits:
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- Camera
- Keith Medley
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 134
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