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The government's defences are creaking
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Peterloo

The government's defencesare creaking

The government's defences
are creaking

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The government's defences are creaking.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:12
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.
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,
Therefore labour, the poor man's only property, - Peterloo 00:08
Therefore labour, the poor man's only property,
I deem it proper to inform you, that a few weeks ago, - Peterloo 00:28
I deem it proper to inform you, that a few weeks ago,