Married Men Protest Conscription AKA Married Men Protests (1914-1918)

London. World War One draft protesters!. Demonstration by married men protesting against conscription. One man slightly raised speaking to masses of others; pan across crowd of men and some boys. Next; a shot of same; with men taking off hats and caps and waving them. Then a shot of 2 men on platform addressing crowd of others; pan over crowd. Shots are rather foggy. 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 as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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