https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2F1%2F3%2F3570fe-9a0a-4ac6-9bd6-1fe45cd34fdf%2Fresize_master_1a30e2ab95bb3d1b96d90222a0bcf2a1.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=da1c8ff6e2366209d7b4d1d1d5daa169ab086950&ver=1659523681Police force engaged for anti-Tour and anti-Apartheid protests in the city.
- Description
This image was taken (but not used) for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 01 August 1981. The Standard reported that as many as 1000 police were involved in planning for protests on game day, including the specially formed ‘Red and ‘Blue’’ riot squads. This image depicts a line of police looking east down Cuba Street while a dounble line of riot squad members marches back towrds the Showgrounds.
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- August 1, 1981
- Digitisation ID
- 2021N_2017-20_034785_009
- Format
- B&W negative
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