| CIVIL WAR - LONDON UNDER MOB LAW Police and troops at work in London controlling crowds during strike. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6247 |
| Catalog #: | 369098 | |
| Clip Number: | 369098-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 261 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:13:05 - 01:16:15 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1911 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LABOR UNIONS: Strikes | |
| Description: | CIVIL WAR - LONDON UNDER MOB LAW Police and troops at work in London controlling crowds during strike. Martial Law During 1911 Strikes in London dockworkers in the two cities. Excellent footage. Trade unions; riots; police brutality; demonstrations; crowds; mobs; traffic; street scenes; martial law. London Intertitle refers to police removing provisions from Kings Cross Station. People stand on street watching as London police escort a convoy of horse-drawn wagons (driven by scabs or something close to it) carrying provisions from King's Cross Station. Liverpool "Troops and mounted police at work." Men & boys in FG watch soldiers on horseback ride down street; followed by policemen on foot. Men driving empty flat wagons between rows of mounted troops. Nice shot; from c. 15-20' height: double-decker tram stopped at rt.; people boarding spiral stairway; crowd moving by to left; followed by mounted police. Shot from same height of people hurrying down street to left. More shots of crowds on streets; trams passing; walls of buildings covered w/ advertising posters. Police telling crowds to move along. Wide shot mounted police ride into crowd; making them run away. Soldiers come riding round corner 2 by 2; all on white horses. | |
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