WWII - 1941, American Peace Mobilization Meeting; White House Demonstration; NYC May Day

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWII - 1941, American Peace Mobilization Meeting; White House Demonstration; NYC May Day Man passing out newspapers / leaflets; CU union buttons on coat. Blacks & whites in and out of building & many police. Man handing out New Masses. 08:38:15 LS of Mecca Auditorium, 131 West 55th St, New York City, w/ crowd milling. 08:38:39 CU Sign: Welcome American People's Meeting. Various views of sidewalk; police watching. 08:40:06 Jun41 Demonstration outside White House. Signs / placards end discrimination; no police terror against strikers; Old Jim Crow has to go. Others w/ US flags past front of White House. Trolley past. Sign, Fight Hitlerism at Home. Blacks & whites picketing. 08:44:56 High angle / HA LS crowd watching May Day Parade, NYC Union Square facing Tammany Hall, MLS people on speaker’s stand reviewing marchers. MS faces. Large banners, floats. 08:46:27 MS Placards: Free Vafiades; Free Schneider; Free Potash. Ground shot of men w/ vertical striped multi-Coloured flags. Floats re War profits. Women & strollers w/ children. Bakers carrying flags & placards re stay out of WW2. Keep the Yanks in Yankee Stadium; Bats Not Bombs; Marchers in Yankee uniforms. Placard: War is Hell; New York State Committee of Communist Party marching group, Blacks & Whites. Free Earl Browder sign. Young Communist League. Communist Party USA; Civil Rights; Holidays; Workers Rights; Protests; NOTE: APM held ca 1,000 hour non-stop demonstration outside White House, Jun41. NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk