The Luddites
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.

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.
Henry Smith
Militia Sargent
William Thorpe
George Meller
William Cartwright
David Ricardo
Mrs Armitage

Enoch Taylor

William Hinchcliffe
Poor Law Officer
Edward Baines
Narrator
Surgeon

William Horsfall
Home Secretary

Anne Bamforth
Ben Walker
John Bamforth
Mary Bamforth
Joseph Radcliffe

John Baines
Prison Chaplin