A Tale from Vienna

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1585A
Date Released
22 Oct 1959
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Tale From Vienna. DESCRIPTION: The tale started with a torchlight procession: an Austrian student corporation, said to be holding fast to some form of Nazism as a political creed, celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Schiller with a parade. This birthday was their excuse. It is all right to pay tribute to that great German poet and dramatist, but the neo-Nazism of students was like a red rag to most of the citizens of Vienna. They were resolved to put a stop of anything in the nature of Nazism. A pretty stout demonstration against the student demonstrations was soon going strong, and the police tried to restore order. SHOTLIST: GV demonstration (key). LS torch-light procession. Closer same. MS flags in procession. MS students holding torches aloft. CU Schiller statue. Longer shot pan up statue. FS guards holding swords aloft. BS same. FS same. MS students demonstrate. Same police intervene. Same. MS police and students clash. Same - fighting etc. (3). Same - pan student being roughly handled. Same. Same - policeman nearly loses hat.
Keywords
Commemorations; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Demonstrations; Riots; Crime
Locations
Vienna; Austria
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
78391
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'A Tale from Vienna', British Movietone News Issue No. 1585A, 22 Oct 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23282 (Accessed 06 Mar 2025)