March on Whitehall.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crowds.

Police.

Protest movements.

England--London.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 10 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1913.

Summary:

Free speech debate defence demonstration in Trafalgar Square leads to riot in Whitehall". HAS very dense crowds. Some banners visible. A procession, mainly men, slowly pushes its way through the crowds lined by policemen. Crowds at the foot of Nelson's column. One man is speaking to the crowd, reading from a piece of paper (149). HAS dense crowds, many people raising their hats (mainly straw boaters) and waving them. Dense crowds, but the hat waving has stopped. Different HAS of crowd; the speakers are just visible at the foot of the column on the right. The crowds beginning to disperse, looking down Whitehall ; one man carries a furled banner; a motor bus passes through the crowd. Note: See also TRAFALGAR SQUARE RIOT: SOME UGLY RUSHES WERE MADE TO SECURE THE RESCUE OF MISS SYLVIA PANKHURST. (Pathé Gazette. 10 August 1913). This event followed directly on from the free speech demonstration.

Notes:

Issue number: 103-1 ; Story number within issue: 3 of 3

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.