| BMC STRIKE British Motor Corporation motor car strike starts; unions oppose automation in factories. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5787 |
| Catalog #: | 189039 | |
| Clip Number: | 189039-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 56/60 | |
| Timecode: | 01:56:18 - 01:57:54 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Demonstrators DEMONSTRATIONS: Labor INVENTIONS: Automation LABOR UNIONS: Automobile Workers LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE: Industry & Assembly | |
| Description: | B.M.C. ( BMC ) MOTOR CAR STRIKE - UNIONS OPPOSE AUTOMATION IN FACTORIES British Motor Corporation motor car strike starts - unions oppose automation in factories. Washwood Heath, Birmingham GV. Workers arriving at the Morris Transmission and Tractor Plant at Washwood Heath, Birmingham. LV. Workers going into the factory. SV. Workers going into factory, walking past man with notice. CU. Man holding up notice as workers go past him into the factory. The notice reads "Stand on your feet, don't crawl on your knees". GV. Workers streaming up along pavement to the factory. Longbridge, Birmingham GV. Longbridge Austin car factory. CU. Sign "This is Longbridge where Austin cars and trucks are made". LV. Workers lounging about outside factory. CU. Picket arm band. Ward End Park, Birmingham GV. Strike meeting in progress on hilltop at Ward End Park. SV. Strikers being addressed by their leaders. SCU. Men listening. Interior, factory scenes of automation plant in operation - various shots. Longbridge, Birmingham GV. Workers coming out for lunch and running past the pickets from the Austin factory at Longbridge. SV. Pickets and others applauding them. SV. The factory workers having come out from the factory in a serious argument with pickets and others. Oxford, Oxfordshire GV. Workers coming out of the Morris Motors Cowley factory at Oxford. LV. Workers cycling down road. CU. Pan, truck load of cars leaving factory. SV. Buses driving away with workers, as pickets and others shout to them from the pavement. | |
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