Mayday Riots

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2136
Date Released
11 May 1970
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Mayday Riots. DESCRIPTION: Mayday demonstrations in Sweden’s capital - and extreme left-wing supporters try to disrupt the main procession. Paving stones and road signs uprooted before riot police move in. SHOTLIST: GV pan fun-fair & roundabouts in main street. CU people on roundabout. GV town hall. CU demonstrators with post. SV & CU burning flag, GV demonstrators running down street. CU demonstrators fight with each other. CU throwing large stones into roadway. SV pan up, pulling up road sign. Sequence of rioting. SV riot police. SV injured woman, SV riot police. SV rioters running towards camera.
Keywords
Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Fires; Demonstrations; Riots; Crime
Locations
Stockholm
Footage sources
France
Card file number
95904
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
90
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Mayday Riots', British Movietone News Issue No. 2136, 11 May 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28297 (Accessed 25 May 2025)