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Don't Stand For It Cinema Advert

Archive File: MS 2265/6/1/10

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Don't Stand For It Cinema Advert

Level: File

Classmark: MS 2265/6/1/10

Creator(s): Women's Aid Federation of England; Home Office

Date(s): 1993

Size and medium: 1 folder

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/776095

Collection group(s): Womens Aid Federation of England Archive

Description

Papers relating to the 1993 Women's Aid domestic violence cinema advert 'Don't Stand For It', supported by the Home Office. Documents include: working papers and correspondence; a cinema script and information packs about the campaign.

Biography or history

Women’s Aid released the first ever domestic violence cinema advert '‘Don’t Stand For It', to the soundtrack of Lyle Lovett’s 'Stand By Your Man'. Supported by the Home Office, it ran in Pearl and Dean cinemas throughout the UK from October 1993 to January 1994, reaching a projected audience of 2 million people.

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