News in Brief: Strike Halts Japanese Railroads.
News in Brief: Strike Halts Japanese Railroads.
Clip: 351906_1_1
Year Shot: 1952
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1574
Original Film: 025-556-03
HD: N/A
Location: Japan
Timecode: 06:31:03 - 06:32:01
News in Brief: Strike Halts Japanese Railroads. Strikes fomented to protest anti-communist laws pending before the Japanese Diet virtually cripple all railroads leading into Tokyo. Violence breaks out as red-led strikers clash with police. Various shots of empty railroad tracks with what looks like wire strung across them (as if a wire fence would stop a train?). Police disperse students, who seem to be protesting nonviolently - though one of them has his head bandaged and covered with blood. Cold War tension.