French Rail Strike AKA Worse Than The Tubes (1920)

Paris, France. Intertitle: WORSE THAN THE TUBES Homeward bound Parisians during Railway Strike pack the few trains that are running inside and M, S of a train passing the camera the carriages are so crammed that people are standing on the running board and sitting on the roof. Everyone seems in high spirits and lots of them wave at the camera. Intertitle: . .. But in Paris, unfortunately, the demonstrations were marred by riot and Various high angled L, Ss of a riot in a square in Paris. Rioters pick up stones and through them at Police on horseback, scuffles break out, one rioter is beaten to the ground and dragged away (by Police ). FILM 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 also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes mo