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Defiance is in the air in this evocative newsreel footage of anti-fascist solidarity rallies, after the Battle of Cable Street
Non-Fiction 1936 2 mins Silent
London’s streets filled with opponents to Mosley’s British Union of Fascism in the days following the Battle of Cable Street, which saw an estimated 300,000 people prevent the BUF from marching through the East End. This unedited newsreel footage shows communist groups galvanising support for the beleaguered Jewish community and the aftermath of the violence against Jews and their businesses in and around Cable Street. Look out for John McGovern of the Independent Labour Party urging the crowd to “stamp out fascism!”
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A fierce denunciation of anti-Semitic policies in Nazi Germany seen in the context of the global refugee crisis of 1938.
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Amateur film 1974 11 mins Location: Hayling Island
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Amateur film 1976 4 mins Silent Location: Netley Marsh
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Amateur film 1966 7 mins Silent Location: Hove
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Amateur film 1962 4 mins Silent Location: Hove
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Amateur film 1969 4 mins Silent Location: Fulking
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