1.
GV PAN TRAFFIC BLOCKING ROAD
0.04

2.
CU OLD TYRES ON ROAD
0.10

3.
LV VINE GROWERS CROWDED TOGETHER (2 SHOTS)
0.15

4.
LV & SV TYRES SET ON FIRE ON RAILWAY LINES (4 SHOTS)
0.30

5.
LV ANOTHER FIRE
0.35

6.
CU DEBRIS BLOCKS RAILWAY LINES (2 SHOTS)
0.42

7.
GV CROWD OF GROWERS
0.45

8.
SV POLICEMEN MOVE FORWARD
0.49

9.
LV GROWERS ACROSS FIELDS
0.54



Initials DHC/V/MR/SGM



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Background: THOUSANDS OF ANGRY VINE GROWERS FORMED HUMAN BARRIERS ACROSS RODS AND RAILWAY TRACKS THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST FRANCE TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN PROTEST AGAINST GOVERNMENT IMPORTS OF ALGERIAN WINE.

MAIN ROAD AND RAIL TRAFFIC BETWEEN PARIS AND THE FRENCH RIVIERA WAS STOPPED TRACKS. TELEGRAPH POSTS WERE CUT DOWN DURING THE NIGHT.

ABOUT 3,000 POLICE WERE DETAILED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE VIOLENCE. EARLY REPORTS SAID SCUFFLES HAD DEVELOPED BETWEEN SOME PEASANTS AND ANGRY MOTORISTS.

IN AN EFFORT TO BLOCK RAIL COMMUNICATIONS, GROWERS IN SOME AREAS BURNED TYRES ON RAILWAY LINES.