1.
CU SIGN "KUFUERSTENDAMN" PAN TO MOUNTED POLICE CONTROLLING CROWDS.
0.06

2.
SV MOUNTED POLICE.
0.10

3.
GV CROWD.
0.12

4.
GV POLICE.
0.14

5.
GV POLICE AND WATER CANNONS STANDING BY.
0.20

6.
CU FLASHING BLUE LIGHT.
0.21

7.
MV PAN WATER CANNON PAST CAMERA.
0.27

8.
GV WATER CANNON SPRAYING CROWD.
0.35

9.
GV POLICE ARRIVE ON HORSEBACK.
0.43

10.
GV & SV CROWD HOLDING UP TRAFFIC.
0.51

11.
MV POLICE CONTROLLER TALKS INTO RADIO TELEPHONE.
0.54

12.
SV ANOTHER POLICEMAN WITH TELEPHONE.
0.57

13.
GV POLICE RUN PAST CAMERA.
1.00

14.
GV POLICE DISPERSE CROWD.
1.05

15.
SV PAN DEMONSTRATOR CARRIED AWAY BY POLICE.
1.08

16.
SV PAN ANOTHER DEMONSTRATOR MARCHED AWAY.
1.15

17.
SV ANOTHER DITTO.
1.21

18.
MV DEMONSTRATOR HUSTLED INTO POLICE VAN.
1.24



Initials JSU/V/BOB/PF



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Background: EAST GERMANY INTERVENED DRAMATICALLY LAST NIGHT (SATURDAY) IN THE STUDENT UNREST SWEEPING WEST GERMANY, BARRING BONN MINISTERS AND TOP OFFICIALS FROM TRAVELLING ACROSS ITS TERRITORY TO WEST BERLIN.

CHANCELLOR KURT GEORG KIESINGER MEANWHILE WARNED IN A RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCAST TO THE NATION THAT HE WILL NOT TOLERATE FURTHER OUTRAGES, TOUCHED OFF BY THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF RUDI DUTSCHKE, THE LEFT-WING STUDENT LEADER.

CHANCELLOR KIESINGER MAE HIS BROADCAST SHORTLY AFTER POLICE HAD RENEWED THEIR BATTLE WITH STUDENTS IN THE HEART OF WEST BERLIN, WAKING 230 ARRESTS, AND CLEARING THE STREETS WITH WATER CANNON.

AMONG THOSE DETAINED, SAID A POLICE SPOKESMAN, WAS PETER BRANDT, 19-YEAR-OLD SON OF WEST GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC LEADER AND FOREIGN MINISTER WILLY BRANDT.

THE STUDENTS WERE STACING A "BLOCK THE TRAFFIC" MARCH ON KUFUERSTENDAUN AVENUE FOLLOWING FRIDAY NIGHTS (12 APRIL) RIOTING I WHICH THEY FOUGHT A SERIES OF PITCHED BATTLES WITH POLICE.

FIFTY MOUNTED POLICE WERE BROUGHT IN TO HERD THE DEMONSTRATORS TOGETHER WHILE OTHERS BUNDLED THEM INTO VANS AND LORRIES. WATER CANNONS WERE USED TO CLEAR THE STREETS AND MANY EASTER STROLLERS WERE SOAKED BY JETS FROM HIGH PRESSURE HOSES REACHING SIDEWALK CAFETERIAS.