| NEW "BATTLE OF ARRAS" Miners in France parade against unemployment and poor conditions. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5510 |
| Catalog #: | 256081 | |
| Clip Number: | 256081-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/96 | |
| Timecode: | 01:13:07 - 01:14:03 | |
| Location: | Arras, France. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GREAT DEPRESSION: Conditions INDUSTRY/MINING: Coal LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France | |
| Description: | GAZETTE "France. New 'Battle of Arras'. 10,000 miners in great demonstration against unemployment and conditions in the coalfields." Arras, France. Miners and their supporters march in parade along street. Some are carrying Trade Union banners. It is certainly a large parade and they are shouting slogans in French. [The title is a reference to the Battle of Arras, part of an unsuccessful flanking movement attempted by the French against the Germans, launched on October 1, 1914.] | |
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