Riots and Rumours of Riots | movie | 1981 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

Radical resistance in the postwar British Caribbean community, from the 1948 Nationality Act to the 1958 Brixton riots. | dG1feUxGUTdsT0l6cTA

Transcript

00:00 What does the 1958 riots mean to you?

00:04 It meant that it was a sign of things to come, frankly.

00:10 It showed that people could be misled or be misguided

00:15 and would be willing to, if you like, physically attack people for the colour of their skin.

00:25 The Second World War brought many men and women from the British Caribbean to Britain to serve in the armed forces.

00:32 Along with others who emigrated during the 1950s,

00:37 they are now the elder generation of the Caribbean community in Britain.

00:41 Looking back, their experience from the war to the death of Kelso Cochrane in 1959

00:49 was an indication of what was yet to come.

00:53 There is official bewilderment as to how a riot on this scale occurred.

00:57 For nearly six hours last night, police struggled to retain control of Brixton's decaying streets.