| RIOTS IN VIENNA | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6275 | |
| Catalog #: | 369721 | |
| Clip Number: | 369721-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 494 L | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:21 - 01:36:24 | |
| Location: | Vienna, Austria | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Arson CROWDS: Misc. DISASTERS: Fires FIREFIGHTING: Work LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Austria, Vienna OCCUPATIONS: Law Enforcement, Police RIOTS: Political | |
| Description: | RIOTS IN VIENNA Socialists & communists riot in Vienna on 15 July 1927 after 3 members of a conservative paramilitary group were acquitted of the killing of a few socialists & a small child during a clash in January of that year Vienna, Austria Title (Fr.) says the demonstrators pillaged and set fire to the Palace of Justice. Opens w/ hi ang GV Palace of Justice w/ crowd in front, people running toward and into the building; papers flying out 2nd floor window; . Hi angle of crowd milling around outside building, then back to previous view of bldg. again. Next; shot looking down st. w/ smoke coming out of the bldg; at rt. - -looks like a few firefighters in street; w/ ladder leaning up against bldg.. Shot looking up at smoke pouring out window. Closer shot: firemen w/ hose on ladder at left; flames seen through windows at rt. Pan around interior; extensive damage- -fallen beams; piles of smoldering rubble. Shot entrance hall soaked w/ water from fire hoses; a firefighter walking around. Looking into another room at huge pile of junk. Shot from outside of steps; entrance. Next shot outside ransacked offices of the nationalist newspaper "Reichpost": a few police officers (or soldiers?) sit outside the building. View of burned Reichpost office from interior; looking out; piloes of rubble inside building, police hanging out in front; pedestrians pass. Shot from above looking down at street ;many people walking. Var. street level shots of police patrolling; large groups of civilians out in the streets milling about; barricade; signs of damage everywhere. | |
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