Strike demonstrations turn hostile in Berlin rail battle (1949)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Disputes between German railwaymen and their Soviet-controlled management lead to a strike, and demonstrations result in hostilities and physical confrontations Full Description: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Strikers in Berlin Rail Battle GERMANY: Berlin: EXT GERMANY. Shot of German railways strike, railwaymen picket station, train set on fire, march along railway lines, strikers fight with police, POLICEMEN German Police battle with German communists strikers outside railway station, shots of marching police, RAILWAYS Shots of German railways, during strike, shots of pickets out-side railway station near Berlin, also of train being set on fire, strikers seen fighting with police on tracks. STRIKES German communist picket station near Berlin, seen marching along tracks, setting fire to train, fighting