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March!
March! documents the TUC-instigated protest, on 21 February 1971, against the Industrial Relations Bill, which was subsequently passed by parliament in August of the same year.
Documentary 1971 13 mins
Overview
Narrated by celebrated modernist author and filmmaker BS Johnson, March! documents the TUC-instigated protest, on 21 February 1971, against the Industrial Relations Bill, which was subsequently passed by parliament in August of that same year. The film records the assembly of protestors (in Hyde Park) and a march through the streets of Central London to Trafalgar Square.
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