French Political Crisis (1922)

French political crisis. March 1922. March; 1922. CU old Premier Aristide Briand; smoking cigarette. New Premier Raymond Poincare walking on path in Elysee gardens. Shot in street; journalists; photographers and newsreel cameramen gather round trying to catch the new ministers as they emerge from a meeting w/ Poincare. The new cabinet poses in 2 rows (unfortunately faces appear rather washed out). Poincare advocated a stricter stance toward German reparations payments. Government; politics. 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 ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as V