ATV Today: 30.04.1979: National Front Meeting at West Bromwich

Summary

National Front General Election meeting held at West Bromwich on Saturday. As it was a public meeting many local people from the black and Asian communities attended to make their feelings known.

Year:

1979

Duration:

0:02:30

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see a march led by the Indian Workers Association; men on the street being searched by police before entering the meeting at Cronehills School in West Bromwich.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

The broadcast version of this news story originally included an interview with an Asian shopkeeper and scenes inside the meeting and of scuffles on the street. These shots are no longer present. However there are two reels of trims (catalogued separately) which contain similar material.