Women WPA Workers Picket; Ambassador to USSR; Chevrolet Auto Strike; Strike Settled (ca1936)
04:00:08 X1 Women WPA workers picketing on sidewalk in small town, placards about Xmas. Town intersection, man & boy jaywalk; cars turning. Pleaseantville Fire Co. No. ? fire department. Women meeting in hall, reading newspapers, eating at long table. Woman smoking cigarette by radiator w/ feet up. Woman sleeping on rattan couch. Large group, some knitting, talking, sitting on benches. One or two men present.
04:04:43 Marching across street, men carry large sign: Does A Ship Pay?
04:05:22 X4 US Ambassador presents credentials in Moscow. LS of Kremlin and snow covered; car past & arriving at Spaso House w/ Joseph E. Davies & others out of cars, into building. Various Ambassadors & Embassy staff stand around and greeted by USSR Mikhail Kalinin. Posing.
04:06:57 X5 End of Chevrolet strike. Demonstrators in overcoats march from shack w/ US flag. Tear down shack and burn it. Large factory in background; also houses from other angle. Train past w/ passenger cars.
04:08:24 Strikers marching outside factory offices behind American flag; waving hats; tear down canvas & wood shack.
04:09:11 X6 Ext. of Chevrolet plant w/ workers marching behind USA flag. Men waving hats. Two men carried on shoulders, put down & piano set up outside autoworkers Union Local 34. Men singing, dancing & cheering.
Americana; Street Scenes; 1930s; Organized Labor Unions; Depression;
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Women WPA Workers Picket; Ambassador to USSR; Chevrolet Auto Strike; Strike Settled (ca1936) 04:00:08 X1 Women WPA workers picketing on sidewalk in small town, placards about Xmas. Town intersection, man & boy jaywalk; cars turning. Pleaseantville Fire Co. No. ? fire department. Women meeting in hall, reading newspapers, eating at long table. Woman smoking cigarette by radiator w/ feet up. Woman sleeping on rattan couch. Large group, some knitting, talking, sitting on benches. One or two men present. 04:04:43 Marching across street, men carry large sign: Does A Ship Pay? 04:05:22 X4 US Ambassador presents credentials in Moscow. LS of Kremlin and snow covered; car past & arriving at Spaso House w/ Joseph E. Davies & others out of cars, into building. Various Ambassadors & Embassy staff stand around and greeted by USSR Mikhail Kalinin. Posing. 04:06:57 X5 End of Chevrolet strike. Demonstrators in overcoats march from shack w/ US flag. Tear down shack and burn it. Large factory in background; also houses from other angle. Train past w/ passenger cars. 04:08:24 Strikers marching outside factory offices behind American flag; waving hats; tear down canvas & wood shack. 04:09:11 X6 Ext. of Chevrolet plant w/ workers marching behind USA flag. Men waving hats. Two men carried on shoulders, put down & piano set up outside autoworkers Union Local 34. Men singing, dancing & cheering. Americana; Street Scenes; 1930s; Organized Labor Unions; Depression;