Washington Demonstration

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2187A

Date Released

6 May 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Washington Demonstration
2. 2Hill Rally
3. 3Gandolfi Cameras
4. 4Broom Ball
5. 51950 Cup Final

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Washington Riots - Vietnam. DESCRIPTION: One of the biggest anti-war protests in Washington. More than 20,000 wild demonstrators attempted to paralyse the city by crowding the streets and blocking traffic. 2,000 troops and over 7,000 police joined forces to clear the chaos. SHOTLIST: SV zoom back from demonstrators chaining themselves in front of cars in street - pan to cars held up. SV demo squatting, chanting & clapping. LV cars jammed up. SV demonstrations in front of cars. SV federal troops arrive (in gas masks). LV ditto and tear gas floating. SV troops rush car off road. LV police fire tear gas at crowd. SV tear gas bursting in front of cars. SV trucks drive away. LV demos going down street. BV police rounding men up. CU pan 2 large models of Nixon and Agnew. LV demos in street.

Keywords

Demonstrations; Riots

Locations

Washington; United States of America

Footage sources

New York

Card file number

97045

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

113

Story extras:

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