| Strike Bound:---Philadelphians Walk | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1706 |
| Catalog #: | 425106 | |
| Clip Number: | 425106-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 036-007-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:41:25 - 00:43:45 | |
| Location: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Year Shot: | 1963 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LABOR UNIONS: Transportation LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | |
| Description: | Strike-Bound:---Philadelphians Walk---U.S. Studies Dock Tie Up Image is dark and hard to see. The rash of strikes that have hit vital services along the East Coast spreads to Philadelphia's transportation system. Half million people are walking to work or making use of hastily contrived car pools as streetcars, subways and busses lie idle in a wage dispute. New York City newspaper strike, now in its 6th week, seems to be headed for still further stalemates. The President's fact-finding board is trying to work out an agreement that might end the multimillion dollar longshoremen’s strike. People walking along busy street, traffic. Strikers, men wearing signs. Buses parked in terminal, idle. Subway station - sign "Station Closed". Empty train station (subway platform). Commuters packed in suburban train station. People, commuters going through turn-style in train station. Policeman directing traffic. Group of African American women wearing winter coats lined up along street, waving thumbs (hitch-hiking). Group of people run for taxi-cab, people pile into cab. Traffic at stand still. Strikers walking along sidewalk. Interior of empty newspaper office. Queen Mary docked. VO says office workers are pulled in to help dock vessel because of the strike. Men pulling ropes, towing in liner. 2 Men push cart full of suitcases. Woman and man pushing their own luggage. Two men carry trunk down street. Low angle bow of Queen Mary liner. | |
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