Berlin Demonstrations

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2137A

Date Released

21 May 1970

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Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Berlin Demonstration. DESCRIPTION: Several thousand demonstrators converge on the American Embassy in West Berlin to protest against the US move in Cambodia. Police use water cannons to disperse the crowds who retaliate with rocks and stones. Two hundred and sixty police are injured and there are many arrests. SHOTLIST: GV demonstrators march down street. SV ditto. Demonstrators with banners. LV ditto. SV same behind barriers. CU pan water cannon played on demonstrators. SV demonstrators behind barriers throw stones. LV water cannon onto demonstrators. LV, SV & CU ditto. LV demonstrators running. SV injured horse. SV injured woman into ambulance on stretcher. Protest against US entry into Cambodia at US Embassy, Berlin.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Health and medicine; Weapons; Demonstrations; Riots; Crime; Animals

Locations

West Berlin

Footage sources

France

Card file number

95970

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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