London Riots - Anti-Vietnam Demonstration… 1968

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No title. Anti-Vietnam demonstration ends in chaos, Grosvenor Square, London.

L/S crowds assembled in Trafalgar Square for Anti-Vietnam War demonstration. Various shots posters and banners. M/S students in crowd. Various C/Us actress Vanessa Redgrave walking in crowd. M/S North Vietnamese...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
56634
Sort Number:
68/024
Time in/Out:
01:23:46:00 / 01:27:05:00
Canister:
68/24
Film ID:
2053.15
Issue Date:
21/03/1968

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  • Notice who was kicking whom in the kidneys? Over and over again? In safety?

    Ken.Mcallister@clear.net.nz 29th Apr 2013

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