Nick Broomfield – Behind the Rent Strike (1974)

Nick Broomfield documents the rent strike in Kirkby New Town in 1973, when 3000 residents protested against the Housing Finance Bill.

Broomfield’s graduation project from the National Film and Television School, the film is about the rent strike in Kirkby New Town in Liverpool in 1973, when 3000 residents protested against the Housing Finance Bill. It shows the violent clashes between residents and the police and the social conditions experienced by residents, including appalling housing and job prospects.

Includes short introduction by Broomfield from the DVD

Behind the Rent Strike.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	54 min 48 s
Size: 	810 MiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	720x576 ~> 768x576
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	1 839 kb/s
BPP: 	0.177
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 224 kb/s (Stereo)

https://nitro.download/view/EECA1B5E749E834/Behind_the_Rent_Strike.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/7E53FB414B36145/Behind_the_Rent_Strike_Intro.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:None