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This programme is concerned with the politics of revolt. The previous programme had examined the uprisings in the shipyards of Northern Poland in December 1970 and January 1971. It was concerned wi...th the form the revolt took and whether this was in any way determined by the Polish political structure. This programme looks at France in May and June 1968. It considers the revolt that began in Nanterre University and the Sorbonne and spread throughout industrial France. It particularly concentrates on the occupation of the Renault factory at Flins and uses this as a case study to examine the relationship of the groups involved in the occupation. By interviews with those who were present during the occupation and by the use of film taken at the time of the occupation, a picture is built up of the political structure through which the revolt was channelled. The programme demonstrates that although the revolt was partly sparked off by economic grievances, nevertheless the form the revolt took depended upon the structure through which it operated. This structure included not only student organisations and the major unions but also the French Fifth Republic. It was this structure that affected the direction of the revolt as much as the initial grievances. Like the previous programme, it is the relationship of revolt to political structure that is central to this study of France, 1968.
This programme is concerned with the politics of revolt. The previous programme had examined the uprisings in the shipyards of Northern Poland in December 1970 and January 1971. It was concerned wi...th the form the revolt took and whether this was in any way determined by the Polish political structure. This programme looks at France in May and June 1968. It considers the revolt that began in Nanterre University and the Sorbonne and spread throughout industrial France. It particularly concentrates on the occupation of the Renault factory at Flins and uses this as a case study to examine the relationship of the groups involved in the occupation. By interviews with those who were present during the occupation and by the use of film taken at the time of the occupation, a picture is built up of the political structure through which the revolt was channelled. The programme demonstrates that although the revolt was partly sparked off by economic grievances, nevertheless the form the revolt took depended upon the structure through which it operated. This structure included not only student organisations and the major unions but also the French Fifth Republic. It was this structure that affected the direction of the revolt as much as the initial grievances. Like the previous programme, it is the relationship of revolt to political structure that is central to this study of France, 1968.
| Module code and title: | D231, Comparative government and politics |
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| Item code: | D231; 06 |
| First transmission date: | 21-07-1974 |
| Published: | 1974 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:27 |
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| Producer: | Francis Sealey |
| Contributors: | Paul Lewis; Edmond Maire; Jean Pierre Olivier |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | 1968; France; Politics |
| Footage description: | Opening shots of street fighting, police etc. in Paris 1968. Lewis introduces the programme and begins to examine the course of events. Shots of workers parading and singing. Maire of the C.F.D.T. comments on the student revolt. Lewis moves on to examine the workers occupation of the Renault Factory at Flins. He outlines the actual events and the worker demands. Shots of the workers occupying the factory and an interview with a C.F.D.T. member on the events. Olivier describes the attitudes of the unions and the workers to the management. Film clips of the workers marching and holding meetings etc. More interviews with members of the C.G.T. and the C.F.D.T. They talk about the relationship between the students and the workers and the official attitudes to the occupation. Shots of the Renault factory at Flins. Olivier looks at the role of the C.G.T. again and then discusses the clashes between the students and workers with the police over the buses and at a local demonstration. Stills and film clips of the police, buses, strikers blocking the road and street fighting at the demonstration. Olivier discusses the effects of the police brutality on the local attitudes to the students. Interview with local housewife about the help she gave students. More views of the C.G.T.'s opinion of the students. Olivier gives a critical review of the C.G.T. & C.F.D.T. leadership and Lewis sums up of how the revolt had thrown up divisions in the opposition. End clip of workers/students singing the Internationale. Credits. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71550 |
| Production number: | 00525_2053 |
| Videofinder number: | 102 |
| Available to public: | no |
