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File name: Anarchy in the UK
Classification: Political > Rioting and disorder
Recorded by: Matthias Kispert
Recording date: May Day 2001
Duration: 5:47
Description: "The breakdown of law and order: May Day 2001, Tottenham Court Road in central London. Watched by police helicopters circling above, but with few police in the street, anti-capitalist rioters are roaming around almost freely, smashing the windows of banks and shops while cheering each other on, occassionally running from a handful of police officers." – Matthias Kispert
Technical guff: Not known.
Additional notes: Recording from soundtransit.nl, covered by a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.
