News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2031A

Date Released

9 May 1968

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Tourists First Match
• 2. Transplant - Britain’s First
• 3. Life Savers for a Queen
• 4. Moscow in May
• 5. Paraglide
• 6. Come to the Casbah
• 7. Riots Around

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Riots Around. DESCRIPTION: Demonstrators force the Davis Cup Match with Rhodesia to be moved from Sweden to France. But in Paris, things are even worse, though for a different reason. Dissatisfaction with the administration of the Sorbonne causes some ten thousand students to fight pitched battles of the Left Bank. The worst street fighting, it’s claimed, since the Liberation in 1944! SHOTLIST: Pan demonstrators outside tennis courts at Bastad - Sweden. MS people inside tennis courts throwing objects onto the court. LS police with dogs patrolling inside of tennis courts. MS police holding demonstrator back at gates. MCU demonstrators outside tennis courts sit down. LS police using water hoses on them. LS ditto. MS police taking demonstrators off courts. MS ditto - another. GV students marching along Paris streets. MS ditto. GV police marching towards students. MS police holding students back. GV students fighting with police in street. GV ditto. Pan police past down street. GV mass of students in street. Pan police using water cannon against students. GV & MS ditto. MLS students throwing objects at police. LS water cannon used against students. MS policeman throws stone at students. GV water cannon used against students. MS students throwing objects at the police. LS police move back as students run down street. LS students throw objects at police. MS line of police move towards students. MS police run forward. MS police attacking students. MS water cannon used against students. MS police fighting with the students. MLS & MS ditto. CU wounded student past. MS another wounded student. MS wounded policeman helped away. CU wounded policeman with cut eye.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Health and medicine; Demonstrations; Riots; Animals

Locations

France; Paris; Sweden; Bastad

Footage sources

France

Card file number

93520

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

161

Story extras:

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