Film Number |
12947 |
Title |
[ARTHUR SCARGILL SPEAKS AT MANCHESTER FREE TRADE HALL - PART 1 - CAMERA RUSHES] |
Producer |
WFA Media & Cultural Centre |
Date |
1984 |
Gauge |
U-m |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
21 mins 04 secs |
Description |
Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, addresses the crowd at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester with a speech taking aim at the opponents of the miners’ strike. These include the ‘piranha fish’ of the newspapers in Fleet Street, the financial institutions of the City of London, and the government of Margaret Thatcher. Special mention is made of Ian MacGregor, an American industrialist brought in to run the National Coal Board, the body running the coal mining industry. Scargill also praises the women of the mining communities for taking their rightful place alongside the men in the struggle but bemoans the patchy response from some quarters of the trade union movement for the miners' action. |
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