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Ford Strike, Walkout April, 1941

Reel Number: 221689-29

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1941

Country: USA

Location: Dearborn,Michigan

TC Begins: 13:24:02

TC Ends: 13:27:10

Duration: 00:03:08

Ford Strike, Walkout April, 1941 Workers in street beating on man. Man w/ torn jacket w/ police & others. 13:24:10 LS of sidewalk filled w/ workers outside fence & street car tracks; road w/ traffic. CU man w/ union cap w/ many buttons. Sedan car w/ windows broken out & men behind w/ strike signs. LS of River Rouge plant exterior. 13:24:21 Men (union leaders) in suits looking at papers. Men walking picket line outside manufacturing plant. 13:24:39 View of overpass, traffic & pickets. MS police walk w/ man; car w/ windows broken driven past police. Men look at contract agreement. CUs. 13:25:19 Ext. Happy workers leaving (?) plant all in beaked caps; cheering workers applauding. 13:25:35 LS workers watching cars moving under overpass as men applaud. 13:25:43 Man handing out papers to workers entering; trying to give leaflets to others. POV from top of car past fence & towards River Rouge plant, past picket line; police twirling batons at entrance. 13:26:09 Black. 13:26:15 LS over factory roofs towards river & large suspension bridge in distance. 13:26:27 Black 13:26:30 LS across railroad yard to River Rouge factory w/ chimneys. Trains moving & traffic on road beyond; pan length of factory. Shots of Ford sign, chimneys, Apr41; River Rouge Ford Motor Company Automobile Plant;

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