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1956 - GM & UAW-CIO End 148 Day Strike, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Reel Number: 221690-07

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1955,1956

Country: Canada

Location: Ontario,Oshawa

TC Begins: 14:26:36

TC Ends: 14:30:51

Duration: 00:04:15

1956 - GM & UAW-CIO End 148 Day Strike, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Man speaking to large group of men seated in room; pan over listening - one wears UAW-CIO, Local 222 sweatshirt. At least one woman present. 14:27:14 Men at desks reading newspaper-sized pages headlined Economic Gains. 14:27:23 Large hall w/ stage & mad at podium, large audience seated. Man at podium w/ sheet headlined: Here It Is. Man at microphone in front of large UAW medallion on wall (MOS). Men listening. 14:27:50 Large factory floor w/ machines but no activity. Pan empty space w/ machines behind. Other pans of machines & parts bins idle & empty. CU sign: Running Prohibited At Any Time. 14:28:34 Tilt up racks of body parts. Ext of brick building w/ UAW above doorway, tilt down to men entering. 14:28:57 Sign: General Motors on covered walkway or overpass; pickets below. MS of pickets & placards marching in front of entrance gate; reverse shot w/ traffic & neighborhood houses behind. 14:29:35 MS Men outside reading broadside headlined: Here It Is! 14:29:43 Small town street w/ old stores, traffic. GOOD. 14:29:52 LS long, low factory building & pan across empty parking lot. 14:30:06 MS Men holding Toronto’s The Globe and Mail newspaper w/ headline GM Strike Settled on 148th Day. Smiling & waving. CU. 14:30:28 MLS Men waving on steps in front of UAW headquarters. MCU. Canadian General Motors Automobile Industry 1955 Strike; Automotive Labor Unions; Victory; 1950s;

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