1.
LV DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNER WALK TOWARDS CHANTING & SINGING
0.10

2.
SV DITTO
0.21

3.
ANGLE V. PEOPLE ON BALCONY ABOVE SING "POUR LA SATISFACTION DE NOS REVENDICATIONS"
0.25

4.
GV PAN. PAST DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNERS
0.39

5.
CU BANNERS
0.45

6.
CU DEMONSTRATORS (3 SHOTS)
0.54

7.
LV DEMONSTRATORS WITH BANNERS
0.56



Initials GEM/V/MR/SGM



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Background: ABOUT 20,000 WORKERS BROUGHT TRAFFIC TO A STANDSTILL OUTSIDE THE LABOUR EXCHANGE IN PARIS TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY) IN A BIG DEMONSTRATION AGAINST WAGE RESTRAINT IN NATIONALISED AND PRIVATE INDUSTRIES.

HUNDREDS OF EXTRA POLICE PATROLLED THE AREA AND AT ONE POINT DEMONSTRATORS SWEPT ASIDE A POLICE CORDON. BUT THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INCIDENTS.

THE DEMONSTRATION WENT ON FOR TWO HOURS. WITH PRESIDENT CHARLES DE GAULLE IN MIND, WORKERS CHANTED "CHARLOT, DES SOUS" -- "GIVE US THE MONEY, CHARLIE".

TODAY'S DEMONSTRATION FOLLOWED A SERIES OF STRIKES IN NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES. UNIONS CLAIM THAT WAGE INCREASES HAVE NOT KEPT PACE WITH INCREASES IN THE COAST OF LIVING