Students’ Protest Ends in Riot

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1137A
Date Released
22 Mar 1951
Date submitted
19 Mar 1951
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Student’s Strike Ends in Protest. DESCRIPTION: Six thousand students took part in a sit-down strike in the Rue Soufflot in the Latin Quarter of Paris. An attempt to break police cordons round the National Assembly buildings had violent results. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. Elevated GV crowded boulevards. Various shots crowds seated on the ground. What traffic there is, is at a standstill. Gendarmes start to break up the crowds, in the Rue Soufflot (Latin Quarter). Various shots of civilians & gendarmes in struggles. Several taken away to police vans. General rioting.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Demonstrations; Riots
Locations
Paris
Footage sources
France
Card file number
55188
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
77
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Students’ Protest Ends in Riot', British Movietone News Issue No. 1137A, 22 Mar 1951. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/17029 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)