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Uprising

The petrol bombtheory, at that stage, one of the things that wewere trying to ascertain...

Uprising • S01E02 • 2021
[Jim] The petrol bomb
theory, at that stage, one of the things that we
were trying to ascertain was whether a projectile
had entered the room

Full Transcript

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[Jim] The petrol bomb theory, at that stage,
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one of the things that we were trying to ascertain
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was whether a projectile had entered the room.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
210
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:38
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

Uprising tells the extraordinary story of three intertwined events from 1981: the New Cross Fire, which killed 13 young black people; the Black People's Day of Action; and the Brixton riots.
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[♪ reggae music playing]
S01 • E02 We took the decision fairly early on - Uprising 00:13
We took the decision fairly early on
S01 • E01 By the late '70s, at the end of my 18 months in the cadets, - Uprising 00:10
By the late '70s, at the end of my 18 months in the cad...
S01 • E02 There were no shattered window glass across the room. - Uprising 00:04
There were no shattered window glass across the room.
S01 • E02 Typically, you find the neck and the base of the bottle, - Uprising 00:07
Typically, you find the neck and the base of the bottle,
S01 • E01 Considerable Afro-Caribbean population. - Uprising 00:04
Considerable Afro-Caribbean population.
S01 • E01 I've lived in Bexley Heath, I've been trained in Hendon. - Uprising 00:04
I've lived in Bexley Heath, I've been trained in H...
S01 • E02 We did lots of notes and drawings and sketches. - Uprising 00:05
We did lots of notes and drawings and sketches.
S01 • E01 Black faces I think frightened me. - Uprising 00:05
Black faces I think frightened me.
S01 • E02 Now, the front garden had obviously been cordoned off - Uprising 00:12
Now, the front garden had obviously been cordoned off
S01 • E01 And I pretty quickly learned that there was - Uprising 00:10
And I pretty quickly learned that there was
S01 • E02 It was rather like a cigar chew, - Uprising 00:15
It was rather like a cigar chew,
S01 • E01 People were fitted up with bags of drugs, - Uprising 00:05
People were fitted up with bags of drugs,
S01 • E01 And so often, they were young Black people. - Uprising 00:05
And so often, they were young Black people.
S01 • E02 The problem was that it wasn't fire-damaged. - Uprising 00:04
The problem was that it wasn't fire-damaged.
S01 • E01 When I'm walking on the streets at night, - Uprising 00:04
When I'm walking on the streets at night,
S01 • E01 They start picking on me and asking me where I'm going, where do I live? - Uprising 00:05
They start picking on me and asking me where I'm going,...
S01 • E02 But we didn't know whether it was directly related to the fire. - Uprising 00:05
But we didn't know whether it was directly related to t...
S01 • E02 So this item, whatever it was, complicated matters - Uprising 00:07
So this item, whatever it was, complicated matters
S01 • E01 [reporter] In Brixton, there's been a 25% increase in violent crime, - Uprising 00:07
[reporter] In Brixton, there's been a 25% increase in v...