| Auto Strike Still On As Thousands Join Ranks Of Idle | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1519 |
| Catalog #: | 345899 | |
| Clip Number: | 345899-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 009-527-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:15:13 - 00:16:25 | |
| Location: | Flint, MI / Atlanta, GA | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Demonstrators LABOR UNIONS: Automobile Workers LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Michigan SOCIAL SERVICES: Soup Kitchens / Food Pantry | |
| Description: | Rolling, shaky dull in contrast and imagery With nearly 200,000 workers out in strikes affecting General Motors and its subsidiaries, peace negotiations between union and employers' representatives are broken off. The G.M. Plants in Atlanta, GA. join the strike giving their support to the Automobile Union strikers. Men reading newspapers, exercising - touching their toes, men sleeping, auto plants idle. Pan The Chevrolet Motor Company. Exterior shot outside small storefront, interior soup kitchen, volunteers serving soup, table with slices of bread, soup, etc. crowded table of men eating. | |
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