France - Film Technicians Strike (1948)

Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material. Paris, France. Film stars demonstrate in Paris. They are protesting that the permit allowing American films to be shown in France is killing the French film industry. Several long shots of huge mass of film workers parading with banners along a boulevard in Paris. Close up shot of Jean Marais. Close up shot of Madeleine Sologne. Close up shot of Charles Bussieres, panning to Simone Signoret. Marais, Sologne and Bussieres parading. Various shots of the parade. Various shots of scuffles in the street as police with batons break up the demonstration. Several shots of the crowd fighting with police, police bundling people into vans. Possibly connected with 48/3 - MD. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé a