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Footage Information

British Pathé
THE BATTLE OF BRIXTON
Brixton, London

CU Pan of Brixton, students looking out of windows waiting the arrival of the Regent Street Polytechnic students to recover their mascot GV Regent Street Polytechnic students racing down road to bombard the Brixton students and their school SV Pan, students racing up to the front entrance of the Brixton school and at the same time being bombarded from the roof from the Brixton students

TGV From roof, showing the students bombarding the entrance and soot and water being thrown down on them AS Students throwing water and soot down from roof Pan down to Polytechnic students bombarding entrance of the school CU Students shouting up to other students on roof AS Students throwing water and soot down from roof, pan down to the poly students bombarding the entrance SCU Students throwing stuff back, one student puts hand up to nose AS & CU Students tipping over a dustbin full of water from roof

TV From roof, the students throwing up stuff from the street SV More students bombarding and trying to force the door open AS Looking up of student tipping over a dustbin full of soot, pan down to students running in entrance as the soot comes down SV Interior with a number of student grappling and fighting each other in the corridor SV Exterior with more students entering through the doorway as a load more soot descends down on them SCU Students in corridor continuing to push and shove and fight each other

LV Exterior with Polytechnic students and Brixton students bombarding each other with soot and flour from the steps in front of the entrance CU A free for all fight taking place on the steps in front of the entrance

SV Interior, looking out towards entrance, as the Brixton students fight and push in the doorway trying to stop the Polytechnic students from entering CU Ken G Goddard filming, he receives a load of flour straight in his face and on the camera SV Students throwing flour on each other on the steps

SV Interior looking through doorway, fight on steps still in progress SV Couple of students running through a water soaked hall carrying chairs over their heads for protection SV Interior with students still fighting in doorway One student is holding a fire extinguisher which is being sprayed over the other students in the doorway SV Pan, the student with the fire extinguisher which is being sprayed all over the hall SV Two students fighting each other in hall SV Brixton students capturing and fighting a Polytechnic student in the hall and dragging him along

SV Exterior, group of Brixton students trying to de-bag a Polytechnic student in the street, & SV CU Trousers being ripped off student as he is laying on the ground, & SV CU Elderly woman standing nearby giggling SV Student standing in the street with no trousers on and other students in the background laughing at him GTV Ambulance arriving on the scene SV Students leaving Brixton trying to escape

SV Police van arriving on scene CU Pan, police officer pushing students away up the street SCU More students trying to force their way through the entrance accompanied by the police CU Interior of barricaded hall with chairs and tables GV Exterior with students cheering and shouting outside the entrance SV Police officer moving students along in the street One student laughing, he gives the V sign AS Looking up at student pouring dustbin of water down onto street

SV Ambulance outside entrance with police officer walking towards passed the open door Water from the roof falls behind him and he turns round and looks up AS Students looking down from roof SV Wounded student being carried into ambulance LV Both parties now happy after the fight walking into the Brixton Technical school, & SV SV Ambulance driving away from scene, pan down to flour and soot in the road

(Neg) (Title Scene F)
British Pathe
01/01/1957
00:02:53:00
Black & White
Sound
150922

Keywords

Brixton London students Regent Street Polytechnic mascots rags Ken G Stoddard police ambulances