1968 Press Photo Protesting Paris students sit-in on Avenue des Champs Elysees

In a show of force, university students in Paris, France, Tuesday night block traffic on Avenue des Champs Elysees by staging a sit-down in the middle of the thoroughfare. Later, heavily armed riot police clashed with the student demonstrators when they tried to march on the Sorbonne, closed since last Friday's riots.

Photo is dated 1968.

Photo measures 8 x 9.25 inches.