Notting Hill Riot Special ITN News, 5 September, 1958
On 30-31 August 1958 London's Notting Hill witnessed serious race rioting. There was some alarm in the country at large. In a report prepared for a main evening news bulletin ITN's Reginald Bosanquet investigated the local black population's views on race relations in Notting Hill. He was joined in the report by the black journalist, Ernest Ickle, who sought to discover what local white residents felt.
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On 30-31 August 1958 London's Notting Hill witnessed serious race rioting. There was some alarm in the country at large. In a report prepared for a main evening news bulletin ITN's Reginald Bosanquet investigated the local black population's views on race relations in Notting Hill. He was joined in the report by the black journalist, Ernest Ickle, who sought to discover what local white residents felt.
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