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Britain’s biggest anti-Vietnam war demonstration ended in London with an estimated 300 arrests

HURN, David

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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 56513

Creation/Production

HURN, David

Date: 1968

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017

Donated by David Hurn, 2017

Techniques

Digital Pigment Print

Material

Archival paper

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In store

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Britain’s biggest anti-Vietnam war demonstration ended in London with an estimated 300 arrests

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© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

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GB. ENGLAND. London. Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy. On March 17, an anti-war demonstration in Grosvenor Square, London, ended with 86 people injured and 200 demonstrators arrested. The protesters had broken away from another, bigger, march against US involvement in Vietnam but were confronted by a wall of police. 1968.

Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum

GB. ENGLAND. London. Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy. On March 17, an anti-war demonstration in Grosvenor Square, London, ended with 86 people injured and 200 demonstrators arrested. The protesters had broken away from another, bigger, march against US involvement in Vietnam but were confronted by a wall of police. 1968.

Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum

Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum

GB. ENGLAND. London. Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy. On March 17, an anti-war demonstration in Grosvenor Square, London, ended with 86 people injured and 200 demonstrators arrested. The protesters had broken away from another, bigger, march against US involvement in Vietnam but were confronted by a wall of police. 1968.

Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum

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HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum

Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum

Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum

GB. ENGLAND. London. Britains biggest anti-Vietnam war demonstration ended in London with an estimated 300 arrests; 86 people were treated for injuries, and 50, including 25 policemen, one with a serious spine injury, were taken to hospital. The Guardian suggested demonstrators seemed determined to stay until they had provoked a violent response of some sort, and this intention became paramount once they entered Grosvenor Square. 1968.

Britain’s biggest anti-Vietnam war demonstration ended in London with an estimated 300 arrests

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum

GB. ENGLAND. London. Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy. On March 17, an anti-war demonstration in Grosvenor Square, London, ended with 86 people injured and 200 demonstrators arrested The protesters had broken away from another, bigger, march against US involvement in Vietnam but were confronted by a wall of police. 1968.

Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

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© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum

Trouble flared in Grosvenor Square, London, after an estimated 6,000 marchers faced up to police outside the United States Embassy

HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

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© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

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GB. ENGLAND. London. Queensway. Smash and grab raid on A B David jewellers and Silversmiths. Photographed when I was on my way to my ritual morning coffee. Published as a wrap around cover of the Sunday Mirror. 1969. (Image 7/8)

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HURN, David

© David Hurn / Magnum Photos / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales