| MAY DAY MARCH, AMERICA Trades unionists and Communists celebrate May Day in America | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7500 |
| Catalog #: | 492881 | |
| Clip Number: | 492881-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 103 D | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:21 - 01:52:19 | |
| Location: | USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1937 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: May Day LABOR UNIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: May Day | |
| Description: | MAY DAY MARCH, AMERICA Trades unionists and Communists celebrate May Day in America VS marchers with banners and flags. A large crowd running in a wide boulevard, police. A store sign in background says "Universal Merchandise Co." Float depicting a tiger with the word "Tammany" painted on it, sitting atop a scroll of paper with "Workers Rights" writeen across it and broken in two. The sign along the side ofthe float reads "Kill This Beast - Farmer - Labor Party" Policeman standing near crowd. Another float depicting Abraham Lincoln pointing a finger at Spanish laborers under a swastika, walking through flames. The sign read "Progesssive Mankind Defends Spanish Democracy". VS marchers with flags, onlookers. Large placard "The Sitdown Weapon Labor's Right", American flags inthe background. VS onlookers. WS parades with good crowd shot. Side view more parade, marching band. Unidentified labor leader reads lines from a paper that and the crowd repeats after him. | |
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