| WALKOUT - TROOPS CALLED IN IOWA STRIKE (aka TROOPS QUELL RIOTS - IOWA) Troops are called into Newton, Iowa, after rioting during a strike by washing machine fac | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6381 | |
| Catalog #: | 53984 | |
| Clip Number: | 53984-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/62 | |
| Timecode: | 01:27:06 - 01:27:52 | |
| Location: | Newton, Iowa | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LABOR UNIONS: Strikes LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Iowa WAR & CONFLICT: Martial Law | |
| Description: | "WALKOUT - TROOPS CALLED IN IOWA STRIKE". Newton, Iowa, United States of America. Several shots of men on a picket line walking in a circle outside the Maytag Washington Machine Company. Governor Nelson G. Crashell sits at his desk and is handed a piece of paper by his secretary as commentator says he had proclaimed a state of martial law after rioting during the 11-week-old strike. A soldier pins a notice to a telegraph pole in the town. Major General Mat Dinley walks along the street with two other army men and a civilian man. Jeeps containing soldiers with machine guns travel past the washing machine factory. | |
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