What Language!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1690A
Date Released
26 Oct 1961
Date submitted
24 Oct 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: What Language!. DESCRIPTION: What language to be used, that was the cause of the recent trouble in Brussels. The Flemish people demanded that there should be equality for the Flemish and French languages. This demonstration was one more example of a long-standing grievance, and the police were quite active. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV street in Brussels. LS Flemish demonstrators. LS same. MCU same. MS pan demonstrators. MS police consoling crowds. MS same. MS fighting. MS same. MLS same. MLS private fighting begins. MS same. MS youth throws stick. MS another. MS general fighting. GV same. MS fighting.
Keywords
Ethnic groups; Politics and government; Police
Locations
Belgium; Brussels
Footage sources
France
Card file number
83360
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
101
Story extras:
Film clip

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'What Language!', British Movietone News Issue No. 1690A, 26 Oct 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24334 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)