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Longshoremen’s Labor Strike, 1930s

Reel Number: 221624-47

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1930s,1934

Country: USA

Location: New York City,NYC

TC Begins: 11:24:01

TC Ends: 11:28:46

Duration: 00:04:45

Longshoremen’s Labor Strike, 1930s Men fighting on street; World-Telegram newspaper truck leaving. Men watching fight. Policeman arrives. 11:24:39 Men leaving newspaper office, leafletting. Men reading, talking. Men in window looking down at street. 11:25:28 Men on street w/ leaflets & moving about. Man setting up microphone. Tilt up to sign: New York District Council International Longshoremens Assn. Men in window looking down. Men move into building. 11:26:25 Dockworkers picketing, on strike. Picket line w/ sandwich boards outside Old Dominion Steamship Line pier. Trucks past on. 11:27:18 View of Grace Line pier from water; 2-stack liner docked at next pier. Tug past; Empire State Building seen. Longer shot from water past piers. National Biscuit sign on building behind Grace Line pier. Stevedores; Depression; New York City; Labor Unions; Waterfront; NOTE: Probably 1934 strike.

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