Notting Hill Carnival violence

Title

Notting Hill Carnival violence

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

Aug 1977

Year of production

1977

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Duration

00:05:00

Description

Peter Spencer reports on violence in the Notting Hill Carnival in west London, the clashes with police and looting that erupted. Includes speech by Steve Barrett, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Federation; LBC reporter Steve Harvey on being mugged; Alex Milligan, local newspaper photographer on being mugged and beaten up; St John Ambulance superintendent on the trouble.

Contributors

Peter Spencer; Steve Harvey; Alex Milligan; Steve Barrett

Keywords

Peace; London; Crime; Police; Violence; Culture; African-Caribbean peoples; Carnivals; Notting Hill; Mugging; Celebrations

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