| TRANSPORT STRIKE Soldiers are brought into shift meat from Smithfield market during strike. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7911 | |
| Catalog #: | 237896 | |
| Clip Number: | 237896-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1710 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:20 - 01:26:43 | |
| Location: | Smithfield Market, London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1947 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Food, Meat LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London MILITARY: National Guard | |
| Description: | TRANSPORT STRIKE Soldiers are brought into shift meat from Smithfield market during strike. London. Various shots troops getting into lorries. CU Troops in lorry. LS Lorries driving away (towards camera, a bit soft). MS Pan lorries, trucks, on street outside Smithfield Market, London cold storage Co. MS sign: "Cold Storage Company London Central Markets." Tilt down to trucks, lorries lined up in street. MS pan as troops and pedestrians observe as other troops load meat into lorries, trucks. CU Troops loading meat into lorries.(LS ) MS pan crowd of men on the sidewalk. CU same. LS Idle strikers (meat porters) watching with jeers. | |
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