Police and hippies battle at Stonehenge
- Title
- Police and hippies battle at Stonehenge
- Genre
- News report; Vox pop
- TX Date
- 21 Jun 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:03:31
- Description
- Julie Benson reports from the scene at Stonehenge where riot police battle and beat hippies celebrating the Summer Solstice. Vox pop with participants on the violence used by police and police heard through loudhailer.
- Contributors
- Julie Benson
- Keywords
- Police; Violence; Subcultures; Policing practice; Stonehenge; Wiltshire; Ancient monuments; Countercultures; Sacred sites; Solstices; Protection of monuments
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LBC/IRN, "Police and hippies battle at Stonehenge". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0005300248011 (Accessed 26 Jul 2025)