| Airlines Strike: Major Air Tieup Creates Havoc | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1749 |
| Catalog #: | 426137 | |
| Clip Number: | 426137-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 039-056-01 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Somewhere in Midwest | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Pedestrians LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LABOR UNIONS: Transportation LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Misc TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Misc. TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Passenger | |
| Description: | Five major domestic airlines are struck by machinists asking for wage increases tied to cost of living. 150,000 passengers daily are effected in 231 U.S. cities and 23 foreign countries. Secretary of Labor, Wirtz has stepped into negotiations. Establishing shot - Planes sitting on the tarmac abandoned, the whole air field is abandoned, no activity going on what-so-ever. MS - On strike picketers walking the picket line. MS - Interior of an air port's luggage area, empty. MS - Air port terminals - empty. Wide Angle Shot - Passenger waiting area - baron. MS - Seat Selection counter - empty. Medium CUS - Passenger seating area, a hand full of passengers sitting and reading. CUS - Husband and wife, leaning on each other a-sleep in passenger waiting area. MS - Exterior of TWA terminal, a few cars parked in the drop off/pick up area, no heavy traffic. MS - A skeleton crew in the reservation area of the air port. MS - Departures Board - empty. CUS - Curbside Check*In checked here - TWA - nothing going on 'empty and void of people'. MS - Crowd of people at American Air Lines - one of the domestic carriers not on strike. People sitting and people standing, looking not happy at all. MS - Passenger boarding area - empty. MS - Northeast Air Lines, planes parked on the tarmac. | |
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