Video taking off 149x its usual first day

French protest footage shows water cannon, police charges and street fires

ET Now World's compilation includes arrests, firefighters at work and a café guitarist playing as armored officers pass.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 66,481 views a day, 149 times a normal first day on this channel (446).

France Erupts in Nationwide Protests as 600,000 Demonstrators Challenge Macron's Government

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0:00A police water cannon clears a street facing demonstrators, followed by police charges and arrests.
2:02A large crowd gathers in a public square, chanting slogans.
5:52A guitarist plays at a sidewalk café table as armored riot police walk past.
7:15A gendarme tells a reporter how officers brought a detained person safely behind police lines.
8:27An aerial nighttime view shows a large fire in a square before firefighters extinguish it.

ET Now World has posted a street-level compilation of France's protests, moving from a water cannon clearing a road to police charges, burning barricades and crowds gathered in a public square. The footage was compiled by the agency Viory, rather than filmed by the channel itself.

One quieter scene interrupts the confrontations: a man plays guitar at a sidewalk café table while fully armored riot police walk past. Elsewhere, photojournalists stand near arrests, and a gendarme explains to a reporter how officers brought a detained person behind police lines.

The upload drew more than 53,000 views in its first 15 hours, far beyond the channel's usual opening for regular videos. Its title puts nationwide turnout at 600,000; that is the broadcaster's figure, while the compilation itself concentrates on street scenes rather than explaining the protest demands or establishing the national count.

As the footage moves into nighttime, an aerial shot shows a large fire surrounded by a crowd in a square. Firefighters then move in to extinguish it.

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