Czech Crisis (1968)

No title - Czech crisis. Parliament recalled and Czech sympathisers demonstrate outside Russian Embassy and at Speaker’s Corner. London. L/S Big Ben, pan down to Houses of Parliament. M/S crowds gathered outside Parliament. M/S cars and taxis bringing the politicians. M/S Jennie Lee arriving. Various shots cars arriving. Various shots showing the troubles in Prague. M/S burning tank. Various shots fire in the streets. L/S firemen trying to put the fires out, pan up to burning building. L/S fires. M/S tank in street. Various shots things on fire. Various shots of marchers arriving at Hyde Park for rally. M/S large crowd being addressed by Jennie Lee. L/S crowd. C/U Jennie Lee speaking. M/S mass crowd with heckler in foreground. M/S of George Brown addressing crowd. C/U George Brown. M/S crowd and disturbance in foreground. M/S crowd listening to George Brown, disturbance goes on between police and crowd. C/U line of police holding crowd back. M/S police forcing crowd back. M/S of massed crowd
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