Trouble in Venezuela

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1495A
Date Released
30 Jan 1958
Date submitted
27 Jan 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Venezuelan Riots. DESCRIPTION: Caracas, the morning after a revolution, in which a would-be dictator (General Jiminez) was deposed at a cost of some three hundred lives. The capital rejoices over its hard-won freedom. But trouble was not yet over. Political feeling was still running high, rioting followed. Crowds gathered outside the Miraflores Palace, where the new ruling Junata was being sworn-in. It was headed by Rear Admiral Wolfgang Larrazabal. After he and his ministers had officially taken office, he broadcast to the people. SHOTLIST: High angle shots of streets, with crowds etc. Various shots in streets of people rioting. Shots of several cars burning in the streets. Shots of crowds around the Miraflores Palace. Shots of tanks in streets.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Fires; Demonstrations; Riots; War and conflict; Military
Locations
South America; Venezuela; Caracas
Footage sources
United Press [UP]
Card file number
72686
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
113
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Trouble in Venezuela', British Movietone News Issue No. 1495A, 30 Jan 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22184 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)