- Title: F-6007
- Summary: JAMAICANS IN LONDON: CONTRASTS THE FEELINGS AND REACTIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN A RACIALLY TENSE AREA OF LONDON UPON ENCOUNTERING A BLACK JAMACIAN GIRL WITH A WHITE BOY COMPANION, WHOSE FATHER IS AN ANTI-NEGRO ORGANIZER. SHOWS THE NEAR-TRAGIC RESULTS THIS FRIENDSHIP HAS ON THE CHILDREN'S PARENTS. DEPICTS THE CHILDREN'S ACCEPTANCE OF EACH OTHER WHICH ULTIMATELY CAUSES THE PARENTS TO RE-EXAMINE THEIR RACIAL ATTITUDES. SOCIAL CHANGE. MINORITIES. SOCIAL PROBLEMS. YOUTH. BIGOTRY. RACISM.
- Description:00:11:52 - PEOPLE ON A LONDON STREET. RACIST NOTICE ABOUT "THE BLACK MENACE". MARKETPLACE. MAN HANDING OUT PAPERS. "PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD" PAPER BLOWS TO THE GROUND. 00:12:33 - EMPTY STREET. BLACK MAN BRUSHES A MERCEDES. WITH CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH, WOMAN BEATS A RUG. OUT SECOND FLOOR APARTMENT. 00:12:51 - WHITE MAN IN A HURRY RUNS DOWN APARTMENT BUILDING STEPS, KNOCKS MAN'S JACKET OFF STEPS, PICKS IT UP, BLACK MAN GIVES HIM A DIRTY LOOK. RACIAL TENSION 00:13:05 - WHITE FATHER & LITTLE BOY. HOLDING HANDS AS THEY CROSS THE STREET. LITTLE BOY RUNS DOWN SIDEWALK. 00:13:35 - WHITE BIGOT, RACIST WATCHES TWO JAMACIANS COME OUT OF APARTMENT BUILDING. BANNER HANGS "WELCOME TO TWO MORE JAMACIANS" LOOK OF HATRED 00:13:53 - LITTLE BOY LETS GO OF FATHER'S HAND, RUNS DOWN LONDON SIDEWALK. TO CONDEMNED BUILDING "DANGER KEEP OUT" GINGERLY WALKS DOWN STEPS TO DARK BASEMENT 00:14:29 - RICH BLACK FAMILY. BLACK FAMILY RUNS OUT TO GREET ARRIVING PEOPLE. HUGS & KISSES EXCITED. 00:15:05 - LITTLE BLACK GIRL CARRIES DOLL. WATCHES CHILDREN PLAYING ACROSS STREET. CELEBRATING. 00:16:11 - LITTLE GIRL LEAVES APARTMENT. GOES OUTSIDE. MAN WALKING WITH HORSE & WAGON CHASES CHILDREN. PUTS BOX SPRING ON WAGON. LITTLE BOY & GIRL PET HORSE. ANGRY MAN SHOOS KIDS AWAY. KIDS HARASS MAN. CHASES KIDS. FIST IN THE AIR. 00:17:48 - WHITE BOY LEADS LITTLE BLACK GIRL ACROSS STREET. ANGRY DRIVER HAS TO BRAKE NOT TO HIT CHILDREN. YELLS AT CARELESS KIDS. VW BUG CIRCA 1970. KID STICKS OUT HIS TONGUE. MAKES FACE 00:18:02 - LITTLE BOY HOLDS BLACK MAN'S HAND TO CROSS STREET. CU TINY HAND IN BIG HAND. BEAUTIFUL GESTURE. BLIND BLACK MAN. 00:18:44 - CHILDREN WALK ON SIDEWALK. RACIST RALLY. "KEEP BRITAIN WHITE" FRIGHTENED LITTLE BLACK GIRL CLUTCHES HER DOLL. LITTLE BOY TALKS TO FATHER. 00:19:37 - LITTLE KIDS RUNNING. KIDS GO INTO FISH N CHIPS SHOP TO HIDE. 00:20:11 - BOY ORDERS "TWO CHIPS PLEASE", HOLDS UP TWO FINGERS. DROPS CHANGE. OLD MAN EATING. KID CRAWLING ON FLOOR LOOKING FOR LOST CHANGE. 00:21:09 - EMPTY LOT. KIDS DIGGING WITH STICKS. GIRL MAKES CROSS OUT OF STICKS. THEY BURY A DEAD BIRD. MAKE GRAVE. KIDS CRAWLING ON DIRT PILES. BOY FINDS OLD SHOES. LITTLE GIRL WATCHES. BOY PUTS SHOES ON HOLD HANDS. THROWS SHOES. 00:24:10 - LITTLE BOY AND GIRL HOLDING HANDS PASS MARKET, WOMAN GIVES BOY COCONUT KIDS THROW COCONUT AROUND. KICK IT LIKE A SOCCER BALL. KIDS HIT COCONUT WITH BRICK. BREAK COCONUT OPEN. EAT IT WHILE WALKING. 00:25:31 - WHITE BOY AND BLACK GIRL HOLDING HANDS GO INTO PARK. BIG STEEL GATES. BUM LYING UNDER TREE. BOY KICKING SOMETHING, SHOE FALLS OFF NEAR SLEEPING MAN, WAKES UP ANGRY BALD BLACK MAN. SEES CHILDREN, SMILES. 00:26:41 - YOUNG BLACK WOMEN LOOKING FOR LITTLE GIRL. UPSET. WOMAN CRYING. MAN COMFORTS HER. MOORHOUSE ROAD. W2 00:27:38 - LONDON STREET SCENES, 1970. RACIST HANDS OUT PAMPHLETS. BLACK MAN READS PAMPHLET. 00:28:20 - MAN PUTS KIDS ON WAGON. BOY PUTS ON HELMET. HORSE WAGON. 00:29:35 - MEN WARM THEMSELVES BY FIRE IN JUNK YARD. JUNK DEALER. GIVES GIRL A DOLL CRIB. 00:30:58 - CHILDREN CARRY CRIB DOWN LONDON STREETS. STOP AND SWITCH SIDES, LITTLE ARMS TIRED. 00:31:38 - BOY KNOCKS ON BASEMENT APARTMENT DOOR. 00:31:55 - FANCY WOMAN PULLS UP IN CONVERTIBLE CAR. AFFLUENT. FUR HAT, GOES INTO BUILDING. 00:32:19 - MOTHER GIVES CHILDREN FOOD. 00:32:34 - KIDS EAT WHILE CARRYING DOLL CRIB DOWN LONDON STREET. KIDS SKIP. 00:33:25 - KIDS GO INTO ABANDONED BUILDING. LITTLE GIRL LOOKS AROUND. LITTLE WHITE MICE IN BOX. BOY PUTS RECORD ON RECORD PLAYER. GIRL TAKES COAT OFF. THEY DANCE. KIDS PLAYING WITH CARS. 00:36:01 - BLACK MAN TALKING TO ENGLISH POLICEMAN. BOBBY. BOYS HUDDLE, LISTEN. LITTLE BOY TALKS TO POLICE. 00 36 25 BOY LEADS POLICEMAN TO HOUSE. POLICEMAN RINGS DOORBELL. MAN ANSWERS DOOR. POLICEMAN GOES IN. 00:37:29 - POLICEMAN & PARENTS COME OUT. BOY LEADS THEM TO CONDEMNED BUILDING. PEOPLE WATCHING FROM SIDEWALK. POLICEMAN LOOKS AROUND BUILDING. CRASHING NOISES. BUILDING FALLING APART. PEOPLE WORRIED. PEOPLE RUN ACROSS STREET. 00:39:37 - WHITE MAN CARRIES LITTLE BLACK GIRL OUT. HANDS HER TO HER FATHER. FATHER KISSES HER ON THE CHEEK, HAPPY TO SEE HER SAFE AND SOUND. RELIEVED MOTHER RUNS ACROSS THE STREET TO HER CHILD. 00:40:00 - FATHER CARRIES HIS SON OUT OF ABANDONED BUILDING. 00:40:12 - LITTLE GIRL KISSES LITTLE BOY. GIVES GIRL DOLL. BOTH SETS OF PARENTS LOOK LOVINGLY AT THEIR CHILDREN. LEARN SOMETHING FROM THEM WON'T YOU?!
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: F-6007