Now, there is that simple observation that history isn't history until it can it can be viewed from the distance of several decades.
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| Outside the US Capitol, January 6, 2021 |
So I guess Four Hours at the Capitol falls into that category which might be described as "reporting”.
Well we shall see.
It was broadcast last night at on BBC 2, and is available by falling the link, leaving me just to quote the sleeve notes.
"A journey into the thick of January's storming of the US Capitol, featuring exclusive footage and interviews with the people at the heart of the action, many of whom are speaking publicly for the first time.
In this immersive, character-driven account, protesters, rioters, police officers and members of the US Congress and Senate recount their experiences in startling detail. Frontline police officers reveal how they engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat with thousands of rioters armed with tasers, sledgehammers, baseball bats and knives, while some from among the rioters explain how they broke through the police lines".*
Location; Washington
Picture; Outside the US Capitl during the January 6, 2021 attack on the building, author, Tyler Merbler from USA, This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. The original can be viewed here: 2021 storming of the United States Capitol 2021 storming of the United States Capitol DSC09254-2 (50820534063).jpg: This image, originally posted to Flickr, was reviewed on 22 February 2021 by the administrator or reviewer Leoboudv, who confirmed that it was available on Flickr under the stated license on that date.
*Four Hours at the Capitol, BBC Two, https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010tff
Coming to The UK soon.....
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