The Peterloo Massacre Documentary. They Only Wanted the Right to Vote. They Were Cut to Shreds

The Peterloo Massacre Documentary. They Only Wanted the Right to Vote. They Were Cut to Shreds
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The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
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September 1, 2018
A Mike Leigh Documentary
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Peterloo is an Award Winning Historical Drama
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The Peterloo Massacre was England's Tiananmen Square. On August 16th 1819, tens of thousands of cotton spinners and their wives and children gathered in St Peter's Fields in central Manchester to hear the fiery words of a radical orator called Henry Hunt, preaching revolution and equality.
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With orders to arrest him, a radical militia on horseback and sabres drawn charged into the middle of the crowd. Hundreds were brutally wounded, and 11 men, women and children died. This is the story of the aftermath, recounting the events of one particular inquest held in an Oldham pub into the death one of the casualties, John Lees, a young spinner and veteran of Waterloo.
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Peterloo (film) on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peterloo_(film)
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FAIR USE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES -
Mirrored From:
https://upmovies.net/watch/rdmZZWjv-peterloo.html