Handsworth riots

Title

Handsworth riots

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Sep 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:51

Description

Report on the events during the Handsworth riots in Birmingham in 09/85. Speaking are Ken Evans, West Midlands Police; Graham Meldrum, Fire Brigade; Harold Read(?), lawyer; local residents and shopkeepers (not identified). Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ken Evans; Graham Meldrum; Harold Read(?)

Keywords

Fires; Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Adolescents; Birmingham; Riots; Racism; Black peoples; Handsworth; Looting

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