New Age Travellers fail to breach Operation Solstice

Title

New Age Travellers fail to breach Operation Solstice

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

21 Jun 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Robin Hague reports on a major police operation, codenamed Operation Solstice, in Wiltshire, enforcing a four-mile exclusion zone around Stonehenge, to prevent New Age Travellers from celebrating the Summer Solstice. Twenty-four people were arrested. Includes interview with a stoned male Traveller (not identified); Wiltshire Deputy Chief Constable, Dirk Aldous; Alex Rosenberger, journalist; Steven Williams, English Heritage; vox pop with Travellers.

Contributors

Alex Rosenberger; Robin Hague; Dirk Aldous; Steven Williams

Keywords

Police; Subcultures; Policing practice; Civil and political rights; Stonehenge; Wiltshire; Journalists; Celebrations; English Heritage; Ancient monuments; Travellers; New Age Travellers; Nomads; Countercultures; Solstices; Protection of monuments

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