Soldiers advance down Olegario Correa Street - Cordobazo 1969

Cordoba: Report by the journalist Andres Percivale where he comments: - "We are on the corner of Santa Rosa and Olegario Correa, that is, 20 blocks in a straight line from the center of the city of Córdoba. At this time the troops under the command of General Carcagno , of the Cordoba airborne forces are approaching the city center to impose the order that the Federal and Provincial Police together with the Gendarmerie have not been able to achieve. The officer in charge of this operation with us. " Is what you are waiting for at this moment? The soldiers are waiting for orders to approach the city center, armed with rifles and bayonets, they are advancing along Olegario Correa Street. Now the soldiers are advancing along Olegario Correa Street next to the walls for fear of that there are projectiles thrown in the center of the street, they are visibly and powerfully armed and their objective is to reach the center to impose the order that has not been achieved throughout the day of today. Planes are flying over the city of Córdoba, surely recognizing the terrain, meanwhile the heavily armed soldiers advance along Olegario Correa Street towards the center. We are in the center of Córdoba, we are on the outskirts of the center of Córdoba. However, the barricades, the civilian groups, the strikers are produced up to here. "Image with the protesters gathered in an avenue. Mounted Police stationed near a monument. Streets with overturned cars. Córdoba firefighters truck traveling along the street. on the street Men holding hands forming a perimeter for firefighters to work on the street Firefighters fighting fire in a building Men running down the street Police chasing protesters Protesters throw stones at police Protesters overturn a car in the street Image of tear gas in the street Infantry corps troops stationed on a street (Andres Percivale / No sound)
Reference: Events of the Cordobazo
Date: 5/29/1969
Duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds
Film Code: F-00523

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