Vietnam Demonstrations (1968)

No title - Vietnam demonstration ends in violence. Grosvenor Square, London. Technicolor. L/S Nelson's Column, pan to crowds assembled in Trafalgar Square. Various shots crowds with banners. Various shots as the crowd moves off on march to American Embassy in Grosvenor Square. C/U people with banners such as 'Hampstead Young Communists'. M/S lines of police in front of American Embassy. C/U policemen's hands. L/S and M/S as the head of the march arrives at Grosvenor Square. C/U man shouting, could be Tariq Ali. C/U man with long hair. Various shots of other hippies. L/S crowd marching. M/S line of policemen. L/S some of the marchers in the square gardens. M/S policemen linking arms. Various shots marchers crashing through fence. C/U marchers chanting. L/S pan as the police run to remove the people from the square. Various shots demonstrators being pushed back over the fence. L/S more marchers being thrown out of square. M/S marcher throwing banner. L/S more demonstrators being chased and caught by police. L/S as they are pushed over fence, policemen use batons on crowd. M/S demonstrators tearing the fence down. M/S policemen pushing demonstrators back. M/S rubbish burning. C/U Stars and Stripes flag being burnt. FILM ID:2067.15 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/