CRIME: Siege of Sidney Street (1911)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Policemen and soldiers lay siege to a house in Sidney Street in the East End of London where a group of armed Latvian anarchists had taken refuge after killing three policemen while attempting to rob a jeweller’s shop in Houndsditch. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Anarchist Battle: 700 Police and Military endeavouring to capture the police murderers ENGLAND: London: EXT Police holding back surging crowds Two women walk across streets Puffs of smoke from gun shots issuing from house in Sidney Street Policemen trying to control crowd Policemen & a single soldier watching from corner of street Police pushing back crowd Policemen & single soldier on street-corner, rifle lying on pavement Roof of house in Sidney St. after fire, clouds of smoke billowing out Policemen (wearing capes) standing at end of street Police on horseback across street Cro