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Keep London moving with immigrant labour in the 1950s
In an interview, Michael Robbins of London Transport, explains the reasons for employing West Indian bus drivers and tube workers from 1956 onwards. Should economic necessity dominate decision-making?
Footage taken from 'Race', 12 September 1977, and 'Windrush', 30 May 1998.
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