| SUPPORT FOR HUNGARY Anti-Red Demonstration | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 52 |
| Catalog #: | 312410 | |
| Clip Number: | 312410-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 56/91 | |
| Timecode: | 20:23:11 - 20:26:01 | |
| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris POLITICS: Political Party, Communist RIOTS: Political WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Incidents | |
| Description: | Master 52 Part 2 Same as catalog # 35741 Paris, France Riot in Paris supporting the uprising in Hungary, 1956. Outdoor rally, night. MS man giving speech to crowd, sign on statue behind him reads, Soviets Assassins. TLS crowd applauding. TLSs crowd marching along Champs-Elysees, people in front carrying wreaths. MS several unidentified French dignitaries & diplomats marching. MS crowd carrying Hungarian flag. MS two men & one woman carrying large wreaths, flowers at head of march. TLS crowd on side of street watching quietly. TLS/MSs laying of wreaths, memorial flame (Eternal Flame) on ground. Shaky MS protesters marching with torches. TLS marchers carrying large banner (SOVIETS ASSASSINS). TLS protestors moving quickly down street, arriving at headquarters of French Communist Party (Marti Communiste Francaise). TLS/LSs communists throwing bottles at anti-red protesters, riot ensues with people people in street running about with chairs, smashing windows, starting fires. TLS/MSs anti-Reds starting bonfire in street of looted French Communist office supplies, papers, furniture, etc. TLSs anti-Reds throwing things out from Commie HQ, some waving Hungarian flags. TLS/MSs bonfires in street, chaos. TLSs Marti Communiste headquarters catching fire, burning. MSs police making arrests, assisting bloody & injured. | |
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