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Peterloo

(MURMURS OF AGREEMENT) We are on the verge of achieving elevation from the cesspits and...

(MURMURS OF AGREEMENT) We are on the verge of achieving elevation from the cesspits and swamps in which our government
would have us dwell

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(MURMURS OF AGREEMENT)
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We are on the verge of achieving
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elevation from the cesspits and swamps
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in which our government would have us dwell.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:00
Uploaded
Jul 06, 2025
Genres
drama, history
Production
Thin Man Films,Film4 Productions,BFI,Lipsync Productions

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Movie Summary

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in which British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.
(MURMURS OF AGREEMENT) - Peterloo 00:04
(MURMURS OF AGREEMENT)
The government's defences are creaking. - Peterloo 00:04
The government's defences are creaking.
The foam it swells, it swells all around them. - Peterloo 00:05
The foam it swells, it swells all around them.
The gilded reptiles are unable to overawe - Peterloo 00:07
The gilded reptiles are unable to overawe
- These apish Jupiters... - (LAUGHTER) - Peterloo 00:06
- These apish Jupiters... - (LAUGHTER)
..the phantasmagoria of prophets who sit fat and idle - Peterloo 00:11
..the phantasmagoria of prophets who sit fat and idle
Let the friends of radical reform but persevere. - Peterloo 00:05
Let the friends of radical reform but persevere.
Let us be firm and fear not that victory will be ours. - Peterloo 00:05
Let us be firm and fear not that victory will be ours.
Our enemies will shrink - Peterloo 00:06
Our enemies will shrink
When the pimps of authority deny a man suffrage, - Peterloo 00:11
When the pimps of authority deny a man suffrage,
What kind of people are they to commit such atrocities? - Peterloo 00:05
What kind of people are they to commit such atrocities?
Friends, I urge you one and all to go home to your families - Peterloo 00:10
Friends, I urge you one and all to go home to your families
Tell them: courage is a kind of salvation. - Peterloo 00:05
Tell them: courage is a kind of salvation.
Tell them: we have it in our power - Peterloo 00:07
Tell them: we have it in our power
For we can easily forgive a child - Peterloo 00:05
For we can easily forgive a child
The real tragedy of life - Peterloo 00:06
The real tragedy of life
(CROWD FALLS SILENT) - Peterloo 00:10
(CROWD FALLS SILENT)
And it is this feeling alone - Peterloo 00:11
And it is this feeling alone
For believe me when I say that the distress of the people - Peterloo 00:11
For believe me when I say that the distress of the people
The object of Parliament ought to be the general good, - Peterloo 00:11
The object of Parliament ought to be the general good,