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Protesters

30 June 2021

By Sean Kelly

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  • 1961 Cat no. 213017

    Finchingfield Awaits Nuclear Protesters

    1961, Finchingfield (Essex)

    The sleepy Suffolk village of Finchingfield awaits the arrival of CND marchers on their way from the USAF base at Wethersfield, Essex to London.

    Cat no. 213017

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    Black and White, mute

  • 1961 Cat no. 140229

    Ban The Bomb: Wethersfield To London With Canon Collins

    1961, Wethersfield (Essex)

    The protesters are led by CND chairman Canon John Collins of St Paul’s Cathedral. They will be sleeping overnight in a school hall.

    Cat no. 140229

    0:00:57

    Black and White, mute

  • 1962 Cat no. 140219

    1500 Farm Workers March For Pay Increase

    1962, Hunstanton (Norfolk)

    Hundreds of low-paid farm workers bearing placards and banners march to Hunstanton to press their claim for a pay increase.

    Cat no. 140219

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    Black and White, mute

  • 1963 Cat no. 116178

    Ban The Bomb Demonstrators

    1963, Downham Market (Norfolk)

    Protesters who have been demonstrating at RAF Marham are dragged from a bus in Downham Market and bundled into a police van to be taken to court, to the amusement of onlookers.

    Cat no. 116178

    0:00:37

    Black and White, mute

  • 1970 Cat no. 216126

    Newmarket Stable Lads Plan To Strike

    1970, Newmarket (Suffolk)

    Stable lads at Newmarket are planning to strike over their low pay and poor working conditions. The strike was called off in March 1970.

    Cat no. 216126

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    Black and White, sound

  • 1970 Cat no. 216410

    Newmarket Stable Boys

    1970, Newmarket (Suffolk)

    An interview with the stable lads’ spokesman.

    Cat no. 216410

    0:03:40

    Black and White, sound

  • 1970 Cat no. 213581

    Farmers And Police Clash At NFU Demonstration

    1970, Monks Wood (Cambridgeshire)

    Chaotic scenes of police and farmers scuffling outside Monks Wood Experimental Station. Demonstrators’ plans to talk to Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who was visiting the station that day, had been thwarted.

    Cat no. 213581

    0:00:15

    Black and White, mute