1.
GV Hillah City.
0.05

2.
NEARER V..People gathering.
0.07

3.
SV Banners.
0.09

4.
CU People dancing.
0.13

5.
LV Crowds parading.
0.18

6.
GV Ditto.
0.21

7.
SV Crowd yelling.
0.23

8.
SV Statue on a Lion.
0.25

9.
LV Ditto.
0.29

10.
G.TOP V..Crowds.
0.32

11.
LV Crowds.
0.35

12.
LV Men dancing.
0.39

13.
SV Picture of Mule on wall.
0.41

14.
SV Procession trucks.
0.44

15.
FRONT V..Ditto.
0.49

16.
FRONT V..Soldiers marching.
0.52

17.
SV Men clapping hands.
0.55

18.
SV Men waving swords.
0.58

19.
GV Procession towards.
1.01

20.
SV Women in precession.
1.06

21.
GV Procession and crowds.
1.09



Initials TDH/JH/PB



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Background: Five hundred thousand people, singing patriotic songs and waving huge portraits of General Kassem, were filmed by VISNEWS May 29 during a procession through the streets of the 3,000 year old Babylonian city of Hillah, Iraq.

The occasion; a 'Peace' rally in honour of General Kassem and the new regime "freeing them from tyranny".

Iraq's Communist party continues to press for seats on the Cabinet. Premier Kassem has requested 'political parties' not to interfere and has expressed confidence in the Iraqi Army's support should it come to a showdown.

In Baghdad May 31 General Kassem decreed that political arrests must only be made on orders from the military Governor-General.