Buddhist Protest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1367
Date Released
15 Aug 1955
Date submitted
11 Aug 1955
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Monks Rally. DESCRIPTION: Defying a government ban, 800 Buddhist monks and nuns recently staged a protest meeting in a Korean temple. SHOTLIST: GV of 800 monks and nuns. Government agents try to break it up. Monks and nuns crying. CU a petition written in blood. Monks and nuns looking very sad.
Local distribution only
Not shown in Scotland.
Keywords
Demonstrations; Religion and belief
Locations
Korea
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
64257
Credits:
Commentator
John McLaren
Length of story (in feet)
63
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Buddhist Protest', British Movietone News Issue No. 1367, 15 Aug 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20276 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)