Extract 1

British Pathe Newsreel (1955)

Sequence of shots of West Indians arriving in Britain.

Extract 2 (1.06)

Sequence of shots of images of 'black' Britain after the Second World War.

Extract 3 (1.42)

Information about migration into Britain after the Second World War. Government survey is quoted: 'Foreign labour can make a useful contribution to our needs.' Statistical information is given: by 1958, there were 125,000 West Indians living in Britain.

Extract 4 (1.56)

Look at Life: Out of the Sun (1962)

Cinema documentary which looks positively at job prospects for West Indians in Britain in the 1950s. Shows images of West Indians working as bus conductors, drivers and nurses.

Extract 5 (3.15)

Statistical information about number of West Indians (30,000) and Irish (60,000) arriving in Britain by 1956.

Extract 6 (3.29)

'Colour Bar' (1956)

This extract from the current affairs television programme Panorama uncovered discrimination against 'black' people within British Railways.

Extract 7 (6.01)

'West Indians' (1963)

This extract from the series BBC Tonight shows a West Indian unable to find somewhere to live because of racial discrimination.

Extract 8 (8.04)

Newspaper headlines and information introducing the Notting Hill riots of 1958.

Extract 9 (8.21)

'Notting Hill: Shameful Episode' (1958)

This extract from British Pathe shows the Notting Hill riots.

Extract 10 (9.20)

Information about the numbers who migrated to Britain in 1959 (20,000) and 1961 (115,000) and the 1962 Commonwealth Immigration Act which introduced a quota system with labour vouchers. Three criteria needed to be met to obtain the vouchers.

Extract 11 (9.48)

'Minorities in Britain' (1966)

This extract from a television documentary looks at the process of integration for British Pakistanis living in Bradford.

Extract 12 (12.17)

Information is given about Race Relations legislation in 1965 and the setting up of the Race Relations Board.

Extract 13 (12.36)

'Visnews' (1964)

This extract focuses on racial discrimination in Birmingham in 1964. The local Conservative councillor is interviewed about housing policy.

Extract 14 (13.47)

This extract shows the National Front marching as part of their campaign for the repatriation of blacks and Asians.

Extract 15 (14.01)

Sequence of shots of Enoch Powell.

Includes a quote from his speech:

'As I look ahead I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman I seem to see the River Tiber, foaming with much blood.' 20 April 1968.

Extract 16 (14.54)

Shots of women marching in support of Enoch Powell and handing in petition which declared that, '88% of the people of Slough support Enoch Powell.'

Extract 17 (15.17)

Information about the arrival of Kenyan Asians in Britain in response to Kenya's 'Africanisation' policy and the controls introduced by the British government on the entry of UK passport holders in response in 1968.

Extract 18 (15.45)

No Entry (1968)

This extract from the current affairs series World in Action focuses on the reaction of the Asians in Kenya to the 'No Entry' ban introduced by Britain.

Extract 19 (18.21)

Information about legislation on immigration (1971 and 1981) and on race relations (1976).