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In 1812 there were violent disturbances in Yorkshire when new machines were introduced into the wool industry. This film is an interpretation of those events made in the style of a documentary.
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Steven Alvey, Ray Armstrong, Dicken Ashworth, David Becalick, Jim Bywater, Charles Collingwood, Jeannie Crowther, David Fleeshman, Stephen Frost, Peter Geeves, John Graham, Alexander John
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