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Chinese Mission. Street Brawl with London Police.

Chinese Mission. Street Brawl with London Police.
Clip: 429745_1_1
Year Shot: 1967 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1763
Original Film: 040-071-01
HD: N/A
Location: London, England
Timecode: 00:44:45 - 00:45:59

Chinese Mission. Street Brawl with London Police. London, England "Armed with clubs, iron bars, and axes, an angry group of Chinese diplomats attack London police outside Red China's mission in London. Several are injured, none seriously. The latest provocation adding to Chinese-British tensions." MS angry Chinese Communist men yelling at British police. MS Chinese attacking police; the police push protesters back with their truncheons. LS London Bobby fighting with Chinese. VS more fighting (mainly pushing and shoving). CU Chinese man with bloody nose. MS house. MS British reporter interviewing two Chinese women and a Chinese man on the steps of the house. The man stands in the back holding a large portrait of Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung). The Reporter asks how they are spending their bank holiday weekend. The women yell at him in Chinese. The reporter asks her to translate her remarks. One woman replies angrily "Down with British Imperialism!" Violence