Hurd visits Handsworth after riots

Title

Hurd visits Handsworth after riots

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Vox pop

TX Date

Sep 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:04:36

Description

Report from the scene of the Handsworth riots in Birmingham in 09/85. Includes a press interview with Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, on a visit to the area; views of female residents. Female reporter not identified. Helicopter heard in background.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd

Keywords

Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Adolescents; Birmingham; Riots; Assault; Handsworth; Cabinet ministers; Violence against the person; Douglas Hurd

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