Embassy Burnt

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2227
Date Released
7 Feb 1972
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Protest March
  2. 2Embassy Burnt
  3. 3Men’s Fashions
  4. 4Viareggio Carnival
  5. 5Stuntmen
  6. *Marineland Tragedy
  7. *Car Shredder

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Embassy Burnt. DESCRIPTION: A day of national mourning. Fifteen thousand people in Dublin watch the burning down of the British Embassy. Irish police stood by while petrol and gelignite were thrown. No one was hurt. SHOTLIST: GV Irish Embassy flag at half mast. LS German ditto, Swiss ditto. LS French Embassy pan to ditto. GV American Embassy pan to ditto. GV band and mourners on way to British Embassy. GV mass of mourners with Swastika banner. SV mourners with banner Paras - out. GV police guard British Embassy. LV crowd in front of Embassy & burnt building. Pan police guard Embassy entrance. Pan scorched windows & balcony of Embassy. GV rockets fired at Embassy. TS coffin carried through crowd. GV crowd and police in front of Embassy. MS pan men carry coffin guided by police. MS smoke pours from basement. MS 3 demonstrators carry burning flag. MS effigy of Edward Heath on fire. TS man on balcony. TS Embassy on fire. MS crowd in front of Embassy. GV crowd and petrol bomb thrown. TS coffin carried to front door through smoke. MS burning building. CU flames out of windows. LS burning embassy. GV Merrion Square and fire engines.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Ireland.
Keywords
Demonstrations
Locations
Dublin; Republic of Ireland
Card file number
97873
Credits:
Camera
George Fleishchmann
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
200
Story extras:
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