French Coal Strike (1948)

St. Etienne, France. GV. Idle pit head at St. Etienne - miners are on strike. MS. Group of miners looking at pit. MS. Elevated, company of security men on bicycles arrive on the scene. MS. Troops on guard in front of railroad and coal stock - three shots. CU. Barbed wire entanglement. CU. Barbed wire entanglement with soldier on guard behind. MS. & CU. Elevated, soldier walking on railway line. MS. Group of miners outside mine. MS. Strikers throwing stones at guards. MS. Army and troops using tear gas to chase strikers from entrance to pit. MS. Strikers throwing stones at troops. MS. Strikers throwing stones. MS. Tear gas bomb exploding. MS. Lorry load of troops driving down street. MS. Troops charging at strikers - two shots. (Mute B/W) Information found in the old record - Cuts 48/87. 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. FOR LICENSING E