ATV Today: 19.05.1970: Smiling to Reduce Racial Tension

Summary

Lionel Hampden asks Asian men if smiling would reduce racial tension following a suggestion from the Muslim leader Mirza Nasir Ahmad.

Year:

1970

Duration:

0:01:06

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Lionel Hampden asks Asian men on a street (probably in Birmingham) if they smile and if English men smile back to them. The question follows a suggestion from the leader of the Muslim Ahmaddiyya community Mirza Nasir Ahmad who is currently on a visit to London that smiling would reduce racial tension.


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