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Student Protest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2225A
Date Released
27 Jan 1972
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Statesman Award for Heath
  2. 2Common Market Signing
  3. 3Student Protest
  4. 4Plastic Ship
  5. 5Clean Sheffield
  6. 6Infernal Car Rally
  7. 7Aussie Auto Rodeo

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Student Protest. DESCRIPTION: In Hyde Park students were protesting against proposed Government legislation to curb the financial aspects of the Student Union. Big demonstration in Trafalgar Square, 500 police on duty - one arrest. SHOTLIST: Pan down from branches of trees to students in Hyde Park. GV pan demonstrators at Speakers Corner. GV demonstrators in Hyde Park. MS 2 pigeons on grass in Hyde Park. GV pan marchers. MS marchers on way to Trafalgar Square. MS marchers past Marble Arch. GV marchers down Oxford Street. GV pan demonstrators in Trafalgar Square. LS Nelson’s Column pan down to student banner Hands Off All Unions. GV students in square. MS pan speakers sitting waiting to speak. CU speaker. MS pan across student banner Hands Off Student Unions etc. to students applauding. MS banner Victory to Miners. MCU banner Thatcher Out. MS effigy of Margaret Thatcher. MS pan across Anarchist banner with picture of Big Ben falling. MS picture Maggie the Mack. MS model Ted the Bread and Maggie the Mack. MS 2 students talking, pan up to banner Destroy the Tory Trust with truss on top.
Keywords
Demonstrations
Locations
London
Card file number
97841
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
108
Story extras:

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