| PARIS SHOPKEEPERS STRIKE Shopkeepers close down in protest at the French governments imposition of new taxes. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7551 |
| Catalog #: | 507128 | |
| Clip Number: | 507128-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 64 O | |
| Timecode: | 01:51:43 - 01:52:40 | |
| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest ECONOMICS: Taxes LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris SHOPPING: Misc | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 491815 Tape 7551 B Paris shopkeepers strike to protest new taxes, 1933. Mute. French title trans: "Curtains lowered and doors shut - -That's how Parisian commercial and industrial business owners protested for an entire afternoon against the projected new taxes." CU clock on post on streetcorner showing the time 12:55. CU street sign for Ave. d'Opera. MLS man pulling down the folding metal security cover over shopfront. CU affixing sign on this. XCU sign: "Closed as a Measure of Protest. No new taxes!" Massive spending cuts! Fiscal Equality!" Series of MCUs/CUs showing other shopkeepers putting up these signs, and shots of the signs on closed businesses. MS bookseller and helpers closing up booth. Man in doorway prepares to close folding gate. Tracking shots past closed shops; pans on same. MCU 3 businessmen look at a sign on a wall "Des Milliards? En voici" ("Billions? Here they are."), plus lots of fine print. CU another sign "Against the Closure" etc. CU a pro-closure sign: "Why are we closing?" It goes on to appeal in turn to Consumers, Workers, and Business owners showing the negative effects a higher tax will have on each group. CU an 'anti-closure' sign, partially torn off. | |
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