| DEMO AGAINST TRANSPORT Demonstration against nationalisation of transport industry in Bristol. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7911 | |
| Catalog #: | 232774 | |
| Clip Number: | 232774-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1710 I | |
| Timecode: | 01:28:29 - 01:32:39 | |
| Location: | Bristol | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMONSTRATIONS: Civil DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Bristol TRANSPORTATION: Trucks | |
| Description: | DEMO AGAINST TRANSPORT Demonstration against nationalisation of transport industry in Bristol. Bristol Brief C/U two young men in uniform. MS street theatre demonstration against civil service workers - where players mock civil servants by playing cards at a table and drinking tea among crowded messy, disorganized piles of papers and books. Handmade bannder overhead reads: "Things to Come." MCUs of each player - one pours tea while one is on the phone, another reads, feet on desk. Another girl files her nails. CU signs in theshape of headstones in small tabletop sandpile read: "RIP Personal Service", "The End of Private Enterprise and Efficiency.", "RIP Efficiency". SV CU 4 young boys lean against a fence watching the procession of vehicles through the street. Overhead WS of caravan of trucks (lorries) and other vehicles down long road. Very shaky shot from POV back of truck. Cam. Bounces all over. Static MS of trucks approaching cam. All kinds of trucks pass - including the one carrying the civil service demonstration described earlier in this story. VS caravan travelling through Bristol streets. Not many onlookers. Quick cutaway to spectators on the street - pedestrians walk on sidewalk minding their own business while others stand at edge watching the procession. VS tracks and cars through Britsol streets. Another shot of sidewalk spectators and pedestrians. More trucks, "ATS LUCAS & Co. Haulage Contractors" sign on the door of a truck. Joseph Fish and Sons Ltd. Haulage Contractors, Bristol" on another. | |
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