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Peterloo

The phantasmagoriaof prophets who sit fat and idle in that infernal monster pitthey call...

the phantasmagoria
of prophets who sit fat and idle in that infernal monster pit
they call Parliament, are quaking in their boots

Full Transcript

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..the phantasmagoria of prophets who sit fat and idle
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in that infernal monster pit they call Parliament,
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are quaking in their boots.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
59
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:35
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.
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,
- Aye! Hear, hear. - With this requisition, - Peterloo 00:07
- Aye! Hear, hear. - With this requisition,
- Shame! - Bastards! - Peterloo 00:04
- Shame! - Bastards!
If any individual has at any time - Peterloo 00:24
If any individual has at any time
And, not content with this, they have, as is well known, - Peterloo 00:07
And, not content with this, they have, as is well known,