| LANDSBURY SPEAKS AT LONDON UNEMPLOYED RALLY Problems of unemployment addressed in London and Paris. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7551 |
| Catalog #: | 507124 | |
| Clip Number: | 507124-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 64 N | |
| Timecode: | 01:45:51 - 01:47:23 | |
| Location: | London, England and Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Demonstrators DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest ECONOMICS: Unemployment LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Unemployed PERSONALITIES: Lansbury, George POLITICS: Political Party Rally SOCIAL SERVICES: Soup Kitchens / Food Pantry | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 491814 Tape 7551 B Unemployment in England and France during the Great Depression, 1933. Rally in London. GV panning over crowd of unemployed attending a mass rally in Hyde Park, where Labour Party leader George Lansbury is speaking. MLS the 74-year-old Lansbury speaking. GV pan over crowd watching as he speaks, even gets a laugh. In Paris, unemployed artists sing on the street to raise money for a group helping out-of-work artists and musicians (including themselves no doubt). High-angle MLS several men and women singing from songsheets, a violin player, a guy with a megaphone, and of course a sign; people are crowded around watching. CU sign asking the crowd to "Buy our Songs!" CU pan on 2 women singing. Also in Paris, students run a free restaurant for the unemployed. cu sign "Rue Cujas". Fade to shot of working class people, mostly men, standing in a line on the sidewalk. Another view, with some women more visible; they are lined up by a building with a big sign ending in words "...pour l'aide auz Chomeurs!" (for the assistance to the Unemployed.) CU another sign says Reserved to Unemployed People of 5th and 6th A- -(Probably Arrondisement i.e.City Ward.) MS/ CUs people waiting in line, including couple with baby.. Sign says soupe is served at 1 p.m.; another sign asks for donations of clothes, etc. Interior. MS man enters, shows card to a young male student sitting at a desk. MS another man showing the guy his ID, papers etc. to show he is unemployed and does live in that area; in BG others are seating themselves. MS People at talbes with bowls, bottles of wine, etc.; can see a couple of the volunteer waiters making sure everyone gets seated. | |
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