ATV Today: 25.08.1972: Hillcrest Hospital, Leicester - Ugandan Asian Refugees

Summary

At Hillcrest Hospital in Leicester a Ugandan Asian refugee family have stayed in the cell block.

Year:

1972

Duration:

0:04:54

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Exterior shots of cell block at the Hillcrest Hospital which is a former workhouse in Leicester. View inside showing cells and shot of Harban Singh Ratoo, President of the British Asian Welfare Society, carrying out an inspection. Peter Plant then talks to him and asks if Leicester can cope with the arrivals from Uganda. Interview with Councillor David Taylor, Vice Chairman of Leicester Social Service Committee about the seriousness of the situation. Tony Maycock then vox pops on the street at Handsworth in Birmingham asking people whether or not the Ugandan Asian refugees would be welcome in the city.


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