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After the Riot

Date released

18 Jun 1931

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

98

NoS ID

137934

Story no

8 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Between convicts and guards at Vandalia.

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Riots and Bloodshed in Puerto Rico

Date released

9 Nov 1950

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1118A

NoS ID

016764

Story no

5 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Riot & Bloodshed in Puerto Rico. DESCRIPTION: Trouble on the American island of Puerto Rico; first a record prison break, then, revolution and the attempted assassination of Puerto...

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Government faces criticism of Strangeways riot handling (1990)

Genre

News report; Speech

Home Secretary, David Waddington, addressing the House of Commons, defends the authorities’ actions during the Strangeways Prison riot, saying that it will affect future Government policy on related...

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Prison service problems (1995)

Genre

News report; Interview

Report after a second riot at Everthorpe Prison on Humberside, the escape of 3 prisoners from Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight, and the suicide of alleged serial killer Fred West before his trial as the...

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David Waddington on latest at Strangeways Prison siege (1990)

Genre

Interview

Peter Murphy interviews Home Secretary David Waddington about an inquiry headed by Lord Justice (Harry) Woolf into the Strangeways Prison riot in Manchester and the action being taken to end the ongoing...

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America: Riot in State Prison

Date released

30 Sep 1954

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2164

NoS ID

071882

Story no

1 / 10

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Lord Justice Woolf launches Strangeways riot inquiry (1990)

Genre

News report; Press conference

Report on the official inquiry into the Strangeways Prison riot, and the subsequent disturbances in other prisons. Lord Justice (Harry) Woolf says that although Strangeways will be his focus, he has not come...

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Everthorpe Prison riot (1995)

Genre

Interview

Carol Harrap(?) of West Yorkshire Police describes from the scene (over the telephone) the incident at Everthorpe Prison in Hull where prisoners have started fires and refused to go back to their cells....

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Strangeways Prison siege (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report; Press conference

Tanya Shields reports on a siege at Strangeways Prison, Manchester. The alleged ringleader of the riot, Paul Taylor, says he will give himself up in the next few days. He has also repeated (through his...

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Strangeways prison riots background (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report

Chris Roberts reports on the background to the Strangeways Prison riots. Speakers are Father Noel Proctor (riot broke out at end of his church service); George Elliott, Prison Officers Association; worried...

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