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News in Brief: Strike Halts Japanese Railroads.

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Audio:
Location:
351906_1_1
Yes
Japan
Year Shot:
Video:
Timecode:
1952  (Actual Year)
B/W
06:31:03 - 06:32:01
Tape Master:
Original Film:
HD:
1574
025-556-03
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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.