LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Amnesty International concert tour

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Music

TX Date

5 Jul 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:04:47

Description

Amnesty International’s international awareness-raising music tour for human rights begins at Wembley Stadium and promoter Harvey Goldsmith is confident it will have a big impact. Further comment from chairperson of Amnesty and Marie Staunton from the British section of Amnesty. Also vox pop on human rights infringements. And clips from music tracks by Sting, Don’t Give Up by Peter Gabriel and Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen (all appearing at the concert). Report by Dave Harvey.

Contributors

Marie Staunton; Harvey Goldsmith; Dave Harvey

Keywords

Human rights; Human rights violations; Amnesty International; London; Popular music; Concert tours; Pop concerts; Wembley Stadium; Awareness-raising campaigns

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