Learning on ScreenBattle for Orgreave, The
- Synopsis
- Attempts to analyse the events at Orgreave Coke Works in June 1985 when 95 miners were arrested and charged with riot and unlawful assembly. Stills, amateur film and eye witness accounts tell a different story of events from that provided by police witnesses. During the subsequent trial at Sheffield Crown Court a year later, questions were raised about the police handling of the pickets and the reliability of police evidence. All the miners were found ‘not guilty’.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 52 min.
- Year of production
- 1985
- Availability
- Sale
- Documentation
- Accompanying book by Bernard Jackson and Tony Wardle (Vanson Wardle).
- Uses
- Courses in constitutional law and British politics.*
- Subjects
- Law; Politics & government
- Keywords
- coal industries; industrial disputes; industrial relations; miners
Sponsor
- Name
Channel Four Television
- Phone
- 071-396 4444
- Address
- LONDON
SW1P 2TX
Distributor
- Name
Northern Film & Television Archive
- Phone
- 0191-477 3601
- Fax
- 0191-478 3681
- Address
- Gateshead
Tyne & Wear
NE8 2AR
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