Athenians Demonstrate (1945)

Title reads: “Athenians Demonstrate“. Greek Civil War, Athens, Greece. Various shots of Greek Trade Union leaders in garden of the British Embassy. They are meeting with Rex Leeper (aka Reginald Leeper), the British Ambassador. According to narrator the Trade Union delegation is there to thank the British for helping to end the Civil War. Various shots of demonstration of Royalists. They favour the return of the King. Demonstration in peaceful, people are happy. C/U of Georges Papandreou, ex-Prime Minister of Greece, looking over balcony of Hotel Grande Bretagne. He acknowledges the cheers of the great crowds. Workers’ leaders give speeches from balcony. C/U of Simon Hadjadimitriou, Secretary General of the Confederation of Greek Workers speaking to crowds. People in crowd wave Union Jacks and Greek flags. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.