TRAFALGAR SQUARE RIOT

GB 1913, P Pathé Frères Cinema, Print b/w, digital, 1 min, silent, BFI National Archive

This Pathé newsreel captures the aftermath of a demonstration by the WSPU [Women's Social and Political Union] in Trafalgar Square on 27 July 1913. Led by militant suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst, the event triggered a riot in Whitehall when Pankhurst, according to the Times, 'concluded a violent harangue by suggesting that the crowd should go in a body to the residence of the Prime Minister‘. (Simon McCallum, Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film)

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GB Great Britain
URY Uruguay
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PALACE PANDEMONIUM

GB 1914, P Pathé Frères Cinema, Print b/w, digital, 1 min, silent, BFI National Archive

The newsreel cameras were in place to catch suffragette pioneer Emmeline Pankhurst's much publicised appearance at Buckingham Palace to deliver a petition to the king - the latest stunt in her ongoing public campaign for women's votes. (Holly Hyams, Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film)

Source: BFI
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amer. American English
b/w Black and white
OV Original version
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INT Intertitles
Countries
AT Austria
FRG Federal Republic of Germany (historic)
BLR Belarus
DE Germany
CAN Canada
GDR German Democratic Republic (historic)
EGY Egypt
FR France
GB Great Britain
URY Uruguay
BRA Brasil
SWE Sweden
UKR Ukraine
PL Poland
IDN Indonesia
PRT Portugal
HRV Croatia
ECU Ecuador
HUN Hungary
AUS Australia
IT Italy
MEX Mexico
IND India
TRAFALGAR SQUARE MEETING

GB 1916, P Topical Film Company, Print b/w, digital, 1 min, silent, BFI National Archive

Mrs Pankhurst and Mrs Dacre Fox address a large meeting urging the goverments to support their allies, Romania and Greece, from a platform in Trafalgar Square. (Bryony Dixon, Make More Noise! Suffragettes in Silent Film)

Source: BFI
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amer. American English
b/w Black and white
OV Original version
SUB Subtitles
+SUB electronic live subtitling (below the image)
INT Intertitles
Countries
AT Austria
FRG Federal Republic of Germany (historic)
BLR Belarus
DE Germany
CAN Canada
GDR German Democratic Republic (historic)
EGY Egypt
FR France
GB Great Britain
URY Uruguay
BRA Brasil
SWE Sweden
UKR Ukraine
PL Poland
IDN Indonesia
PRT Portugal
HRV Croatia
ECU Ecuador
HUN Hungary
AUS Australia
IT Italy
MEX Mexico
IND India
Helen Pankhurst

Dr Helen Pankhurst is a women's rights activist and senior advisor to CARE International, based in the UK and in Ethiopia. She has extensive media experience including national and international radio and print interviews, and was involved in the 2015 film Suffragette. Her work in Ethiopia includes support to program development across different sectors, focused on the interests and needs of women and girls. In the UK she is a public speaker and writer on feminist issues. She also leads CARE International's #March4Women event in London on the 4th March. Helen is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, leaders of the British suffragette movement.

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