Film Number |
7484 |
Title |
MINERS' GALA, MANCHESTER [AFTERNOON RALLY - TONY BENN AND ARTHUR SCARGILL] |
Producer |
WFA |
Date |
1989 |
Gauge |
U-matic HB |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
59 mins 12 secs |
Description |
Event at the 5th Anniversary Gala of the 1984/5 Miners' Strike at Manchester Town Hall on 4th March 1989. Side of stage footage of the afternoon rally in the Main Hall to a maximum capacity audience with a panel of speakers chaired by Sylvie Pye from National Women Against Pit Closures. The second part of Tony Benn's speech - the only one way forward - to campaign in the community for social justice - like the miners did. Standing ovation. Followed by Arthur Scargill who talks about how the demands of the strike were moderate ones - the right to work, to education, to live. He makes tributes to whole range of people and concludes with demand for a world free of war and to establish the socialist dream of labour pioneers. |
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