Married Men Protest Meeting (1914-1918)

Married men’s protest meeting against conscription - somewhere in England. Shot of man on platform speaking to crowd of other men. Pan over crowd; the men all lift their hats in a swinging motion; expressing unanimous sentiment. Shot of 2 men on platform; one has paper in his hand; and he bends to show the document to a man in front of crowd; then stands again. CU section of crowd; the men all raise their hands at once; pan across. Speech; orator; politics. World War One; demonstrations. 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 a
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