France Referendum - De Gaulle Resigns (1969)

No titles. France Referendum - De Gaulle Resigns. Paris, France. M/S of General Charles de Gaulle sitting at a desk and talking forcefully to someone off camera. Commentator tells us “France said no, the General said ’I resign’“. Several shots of protesters and students marching in demonstration against the hard-line tactics of de Gaulle. Shots of riots and fighting, police against public, firebombs being thrown, injured people being led off by police. Several shots of the General Strike - deserted airports and docks, traffic stuck on streets after petrol ran out. Shots of de Gaulle’s cabinet / politicians arriving for meeting to decide what to do to put an end to the troubles. Footage of people voting at Referendum in which France turned against de Gaulle in the matter of constitutional reforms. People put ballot papers in boxes. Among them is politician Monsieur Pompidou, tipped as the next President. De Gaulle puts his ballot in a box. Exterior shots of building in Paris, probably