STK-ID 20264

Various shots of large crowd of students, policemen, firemen, and vehicles. TILT DOWN Henry F Hall Building at Sir George Williams University to crowd. TILT UP to MS of group of policemen, of paddy wagon. CU of faces of policemen, bystanders. Flurry of activity, police giving oxygen to one person, tussling with another, police cars moving by camera through crowd. Shots of eddies of activity in packed crowd, of police struggling with man, overpowering him. TILT UP from crowd to facade of Henry F Hall Building, police, paddy wagon, crowd. Jerky shots of policeman struggling with demonstrator, holding him by the hair, pushing him towards paddy wagon. Shot of shouting and waving protesters as police stands by in foreground. Shot of girl giving piece of her mind to someone, presumably policeman. Shot of quieter street, knots of protesters, police vehicles. Cut to crowd of protesters moving past camera in tight group. Jerky HASs of protest, people moving about, police putting out fire at rear of police vehicle near entrance of building. TILT UP facade of Henry F Hall Building.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Prologue
Location
Montreal
Year
1969
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 16 mm, Digital Bétacam, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
16mm neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3, 16/9
Available resolutions
720 x 486