Lewisham Riots 13-08-77

Silent footage of the Lewisham Riots of 1977. This was a clash between the Anti-Nazi League, the National Front and the Police. For those not aware: the National Front was a racist organisation that was a sort of precursor to the current bigots operating under the banner of the BNP. The NF had decided to march through Lewisham (than as now an ethnically diverse area of London) in an attempt to highlight the plight of the white British (jobs, housing et al). It is curious to note that Britain in 1977 was
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