British Paramount News No.588 [Production Material]

Victoria Park
1936-10-14
Silent
2m

Defiance is in the air in this evocative newsreel footage of anti-fascist solidarity rallies, after the Battle of Cable Street

London's streets filled with opponents to Mosley's British Union of Fascism in the days following the Battle of Cable Street, which saw an estimated 300,000 people prevent the BUF from marching through the East End. This unedited newsreel footage shows communist groups galvanising support for the beleaguered Jewish community and the aftermath of the violence against Jews and their businesses in and around Cable Street. Look out for John McGovern of the Independent Labour Party urging the crowd to 'stamp out fascism!'

Production material. Includes newsreel item entitled 10,000 ANTI FASCISTS RALLY IN EAST END. Rally in Victoria Park, London, followed by shots of damage to Jewish property in the East End. Includes shots of march along Cable Street. Paramount library number 5472.

Jewish Britain

Jewish life on screen: a century of insights and hidden histories

This collection uncovers insights, injustices and hidden histories across a century of Jewish life on British screens. It brings together documentary and first-person accounts of Jewish life in the UK, alongside historical dramas and artists’ work exploring the 20th century Jewish experience. The earliest surviving depictions of Jewish characters in British cinema offer a troubling insight into antisemitic representation, yet prejudice was later tackled head-on, with newsreels documenting the anti-fascist movement of the 1930s.

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