A new video has emerged online showing what happened before the "Vancouver Riot Kiss" took place - and it could prove the moment of passion between an Australian and his Canadian girlfriend was not staged.

The footage, uploaded to YouTube on June 19, was shot from a building beside Seymour Street in the city centre, where riot police were charging a crowd that gathered after local ice hockey team the Vancouver Canucks lost in the Stanley Cup final on June 15.

As the camera pans to show the law enforcement officers armed with shields and batons running forward, Scott Jones, a 29-year-old aspiring comedian and actor from Perth, and Alexandra Thomas are seen falling right in front of two of them.

The two riot police tangle with the couple and then hit them with their batons and shields before one runs ahead to help his colleagues charging the crowd.