Description: Description: This programme opens with a history of the West Indies, its focus being on the power struggle between rival European countries, the impact of the sugar cane industries and the growth of slavery. Throughout the programme extracts from an interview are shown on West Indian culture and the impact of its history on local communities in the 1970s. Attitudes to integration, law and order, and slavery are all explored including footage of life on a sugar plantation. Following the abolition of slavery and the introduction of slavery in 1834, wages were given to local workers. However, large-scale migration to countries such as Brazil, Puerto Rico and Cuba for work reasons is discussed. In addition, the immigration of West Indians to 1950s Britain is detailed with original footage of arrivals by train and airplane. How the two nationalalities interacted, in terms of language, prejudice and culture is discussed. To end the programme, an interview with a young boy is shown. Conducted in the classroom, he chats about an eye problem he is currently suffering and a recent trip to a hospital. Colour/B&#38W: Black and White