| STRIKE HITS 4,000 FACTORIES 2 million workers stage a 24 hour strike demanding a 15% wage increase. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5754 |
| Catalog #: | 188990 | |
| Clip Number: | 188990-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 53/94 | |
| Timecode: | 01:18:42 - 01:19:51 | |
| Location: | Greenwich, London & Dagenham, Essex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Factories, Misc LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | STRIKE HITS 4000 FACTORIES. 2 million workers stage a 24 hour strike demanding a 15% wage increase. Greenwich, London & Dagenham, Essex. LV strikers marching in protest at Greenwich. SV banners in procession. CU man at meeting. SV strikers listening. CU poster, pan up to speaker. CU man listening. SV strikers of Dagenham (2 shots). LV strikers marching past Briggs Factory. GV car assembly line. LV oil refinery. GV aircraft factory. GV ship building yard. LV & SV strikers demonstrate outside Briggs factory. CU poster, pan up to striker. SV three pickets with posters. "Blacklegs come clean" - says one. Pickets slowly clap for "Blacklegs". Blacklegs are non-striking workers or scabs. Note: some of the shots of various factories are library material. | |
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