Japanese Protest

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1592
Date Released
7 Dec 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Japanese Protest. DESCRIPTION: About twenty-five thousand left-wing students and trade unionists protested against the presence of American troops in Japan. They were also demanding an end to Japan’s security alliance with the United States. The outburst took place when their parliament was debating a revision of the Treaty. About five hundred were injured. SHOTLIST: BS police. TS crowds. MS police. LS crowd. MS crowd. LS students with banners. Pan police and students. Pan wounded policeman. Same being carried (3). Pan students (2).
Keywords
Politics and government; Health and medicine; Foreign relations; Demonstrations; Riots
Locations
Tokyo; Japan
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
78766
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
75
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Japanese Protest', British Movietone News Issue No. 1592, 7 Dec 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23358 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)