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Riots and Strikes in USA 1920 - 1935

Reel Number: 220915-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1920-1935

Country: USA

Location: DC,New York,Washington

TC Begins: 22:01:46

TC Ends: 22:06:52

Duration: 00:05:06

Riots and Strikes in USA 1920 - 1935 WWII Anti-American Propaganda French titles Statue of Liberty from various angles. Liner passing. Brief shot FDR addressing Congress. 22:03:04 Mob rushes forward throwing stones and waving sticks. National Guardsmen throwing tear gas bombs. Mob scatters as soldiers carrying bayoneted rifles give chase. Strikers and strike breakers start a riot in street. Several are hit over the head with clubs and are beaten to the ground. 22:04:14 A man sitting in street with blood streaming down his face. Another is grabbed by two strikers who shove and push him along street. Mounted police push back crowds. Police fire tear gas guns into crowd. Man lying in street is placed on litter. Soldiers with bayoneted rifles push back strikers. Strikers of Maritime Union on picket line. Strikers swinging clubs smashing windows. Guns fired, police raid. 22:05:17 Soldiers standing guard at entrance to coal mine. Long line of coal cars coming out of mine with armed soldiers riding the cars. Strikebreakers entering mine as soldiers stand guard. 22:05:44 Women parading through streets carrying signs: "The Big Three call us Reds because we fight for bread"; "The Big Three milk the public, our children need milk too". Strikers attack farmer's truck and spill cans of milk onto road. Strikers attack fruit and vegetable trucks, smash crates and scatter contents along street. 22:06:17 Mass demonstration Washington. Crowd run from gunfire? Communists

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