Civil War London And Liverpool Under Mob Law (1911 1912)
Titles read: CIVIL WAR. London and Liverpool under Mob Strikes of 1911 1912. Intertitle refers to police removing provisions from Kings Cross Station. M, S of people standing on street watching as policemen escort a convoy of horsedrawn wagons along a city street. Intertitle refers to troops and mounted police at work in Liverpool. Men boys in FG watch soldiers on horseback ride down street; followed by policemen on foot. Men driving empty flat wagons between rows of mounted troops. Nice high angle shot of doubledecker tram stopped at right, people boarding spiral stairway; crowd moving by to left; followed by mounted police. Shot from same height of people hurrying down street to left. More shots of crowds on streets; trams passing; walls of buildings covered w, advertising posters. Police telling crowds to move along. Wide shot mounted police ride into crowd; making them run away. Soldiers come riding round corner 2 by 2; all on white horses. Trade unions; riots; police brutality; demonst
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