| PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION BY FRENCH TEXTILE WORKERS Striking textile workers march to show their concern. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7550 |
| Catalog #: | 491721 | |
| Clip Number: | 491721-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 62 T | |
| Timecode: | 01:06:39 - 01:07:57 | |
| Location: | France | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Demonstrators LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LABOR UNIONS: Textile Industry LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France | |
| Description: | Tape 7550 B Title in French ("The Textile Conflict in the north of France.") Mute. Various shots showing idle factories. LS looking down empty street between long brick buildings; building w/ chimney in BG. Railway dock. very old - looking factory gates, dismal looking old brick industrial buildings & chimneys. Woman with umbrella hurrying past factory building. Var. shots in factory yard; overhead walkways connecting buildings; wires stretched between buildings and poles. One empty factory area shot with a windmill in BG (which is turning). Workers march down city street, turning corner; horse-drawn vehicle stopped in FG. Ground level shot of workers going through square past cam. High angle LS mounted troops riding slowly down street, leading procession. Closer ground level shot of the guard. High angle shots of march; the men and women are conducting it in a very peaceful orderly way. Some are carrying banner "C.C.T.U. Section de Jeunes Syndiques / Front Unique des Jeunes Contre le Consortium Textile." (United front of Youth Against the Textile Consortium.) Ground level shots of the marchers passing as other people stand along street watching | |
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