1898-1945LABOR UNIONS
SURVEYS STRIFE BETWEEN LABOR & MANAGEMENT UNDER THE NEW DEAL OF THE FDR ERA & RECALLS ROOSEVELT'S SUPPORT OF WORKER'S RIGHTS: THE FIRST STEP TOWARD PROTECTIVE LABOR LEGISLATION THAT FOLLOWED. HIGHLIGHTS UNSAFE WORKING CONDITIONS OF THE PAST. FDR VOICE BY CHARLTON HESTON.
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STILLS
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SWEATSHOP IN GARMENT MANUFACTURING. EARLY 1900s SEWING MACHINES, IRONS, CLOTHING, TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE-RELATED FOOTAGE. (NO ACTUAL FOOTAGE)
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CITY FIREFIGHTERS PUTTING OUT HUGE WALL FIRE. HOSES.
LADDERS. |
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FIRE TRUCK LED BY HORSES HORSE-DRAWN FIRE ENGINE EXIT FIRE HOUSE. SMOKING CITY BUILDING
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1800s FIRE FIGHTERS. STEAM-RUN FIRE TRUCKS LED BY HORSES.
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MONTAGE OF CITY FIRE.
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WORKERS PUSHING SMALL METAL CONTAINERS ON WHEELS.
DUMP-UNLOAD IN SHAFT. |
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FIREFIGHTERS LATE 1890s. FIGHTING WAREHOUSE FIRE.
FACTORY, INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT |
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STILLS
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WORKER AT HEAVY MACHINERY. HUGE WHEEL TURNING
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SEQUENCE OF STILLS
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INNER WORKINGS IN INDUSTRIAL PLANT. COGS, GEARS, MACHINERY. WOMEN IN FRONT OF MASSIVE SPOOLS SPINNING.
WOMEN IN INDUSTRY. |
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STILLS
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MARCHING MEN WITH LITTLE AMERICAN FLAGS, 1920s
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PARADE OF SPECTATORS-SUPPORTERS, 1920s
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WOMEN IN LABOR MARCH, 1920s
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JOHN L. LEWIS SIGNING PAPERS ON AMERICAN FLAG
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1920s LABOR MARCH. COUPLE CARRIES HUGE AMERICAN FLAG.
PLACARD FOR MEAT CUTTERS. |
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STEEL MANUFACTURING PLANT. WELDING HOT STEEL. BENDING & HAMMERING HOT STEEL
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FDR 1928, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK AT MICROPHONE (MOS).
INTERCUTS CONCERNED CITIZENS LISTENING. |
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MONTAGE OF FACTORIES, WORKERS
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WORKERS HELP INJURED MAN WALK
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CU CAPITOL, CIRCA 1933. FLAG
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STILLS
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FRANCIS PERKINS AT PRESS CONFERENCE (MOS).
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FRANCIS PERKINS SPEAKS ABOUT WAGER, PURCHASING POWER
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FDR GIVING SPEECH, NATURAL SOUND
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CU SIGN READS "CLOSED"
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UNEMPLOYED MEN WALK IDLY ON HILLSIDE
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CU MAN WEARING SIGN READS "UNEMPLOYED"
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FDR DIPS PEN & SIGNS NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT. CU LOGO, NRA
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MONTAGE INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES, WORKERS, MACHINES.
INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY SEQUENCE, CIRCA 1933. |
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LOW ANGLE TRAIN PASSING EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
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POV ABOVE CITY STREET. MANY PEOPLE WALKING IN CLUMP
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MONTAGE VARIETY OF AMERICAN WORKERS AT WORK IN FACTORIES, CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH RISES
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CU MONTAGE AMERICAN WORKERS. SMOKING CIGARETTES
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NRA SPOKESMAN POINTS AT WORDS ON POSTER DEPICTING HOW NRA WORKS
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MONTAGE AMERICAN MALE WORKERS
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MONTAGE MEN HANDING OUT BROCHURES & PAMPHLETS TO WORKERS LEAVING FACTORIES.
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CU PAMPHLETS
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TRUCK DECORATED WITH "LLGWU ORGANIZING DRIVE" ON SIDE
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LONG LINE OF WOMEN GOING INTO INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION BUILDING. CU 1930s WOMEN.
SIGNING IN. |
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WOMAN ON PHONE.
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CU RACIALLY MIXED GROUP OF AMERICAN WOMEN
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CU WOMEN HOLDING THEIR HANDS OUT FOR SLIPS, PIECES OF PAPERS. USING PENCILS TO WRITE
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INDUSTRIAL SMOKESTACKS SPEWING BLACK SMOKE.
POLLUTION. DIRTY. |
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THE ROOSEVELTS RELAX AT FIREPLACE. FDR READING, ELEANOR KNITTING
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MONTAGE WORKERS HOMES: SLUMS, LONG WOODEN BRIDGE-LIKE WALKWAY BEHIND HOUSES. CU PEOPLE WALK UP HIGH STAIRCASE BEHIND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS. TENEMENTS
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CU CUTE LITTLE GIRL PEERING OUT FROM LACE CURTAINS.
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INTERIOR OF TENEMENT OF THE 1930s. TONS OF CHILDREN IN DEPRESSED ENVIRONMENT
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MALE TENEMENT DWELLER WASHES FACE IN BASIN
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HOUSEWIFE DUMPS COAL INTO STOVE. COAL BURNING.
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CU LITTLE BOY STANDING NEXT TO RICKETY STAIRS
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CU GORGEOUS LITTLE BOY WITH BIG INQUIRING EYES PEERS OVER FENCE
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MEN WALKING AWAY FROM TENEMENTS
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MONTAGE MEETINGS: RIGHTS OF LABOR PLACARDS CALLING FOR ACTION. "NO CONTRACT, NO WORK".
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SPEAKER GIVES ANIMATED SPEECH TO FELLOW WORKERS INCITING WORKERS.
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CU BUILDING WITH SIGN "TWUA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE" ON DOOR. MEN THROW ROCKS THROUGH GLASS DOOR
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MONTAGE RIOTS IN THE STREETS, CIRCA 1934: MEN BEATING EACH OTHER, BREAK GLASS, THROWING SMOKE BOMBS
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STATE TROOPER FIRES GUN. SHOOTING
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LINE OF POLICEMEN KEEPING ORDER. CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
WORKERS UPRISING, REVOLTING |
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TEAMSTERS STRIKE IN MINNEAPOLIS. CITY SHUT DOWN.
WORKERS FILL STREETS |
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TEAMSTERS & POLICE CLASHING. FIGHTING, RIOTING. BILLY CLUBS, MAYHEM
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CU JOHN L. LEWIS
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ARMED SOLDIERS MOVING IN ON COAL MINES. STRIKING MINERS.
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SOLDIERS WAITING FOR ORDERS. SITTING, PACING
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SOLDIERS WALK OUT OF MINE. SALUTED BY SOLDIER
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CU LINE OF ARMED SOLDIERS, GUNS SLUNG ON SHOULDERS
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MONTAGE OF STAND-OFF BETWEEN MINERS & ARMY
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STRIKING WORKERS & FAMILIES ON FOOD LINE. WOMAN POURS SOUP INTO CUP. LITTLE GIRL GETS FOOD
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GEORGIA: WORKERS IN CONCENTRATION CAMP-SETTING. MEN BEHIND BARBED WIRE PACE & STAND IDLY. SOLDIERS WATCH THEM
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MAN BENDING OVER FEEDING SEATED WOMEN
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NEW ENGLAND TEXTILE FACTORIES.
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MASS FUNERAL SERVICE. ROW OF COFFINS
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MONTAGE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO. HS HARBOS
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TWO ARMED SOLDIERS PACE IN FRONT OF DOCKED BOATS.
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MONTAGE WORKERS ON STRIKE IN SAN FRANCISCO:
POLICE SHOOTING GUNS, BUST HEADS WITH BILLY CLUBS. POLICE TRY TO EXTINGUISH SMOKE BOMBS. MASS HYSTERIA. INJURED MAN PUT IN AMBULANCE |
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FDR IN MOTORCADE PASSES THROUGH SEA OF PEOPLE & FLAGS
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CU FIREMEN
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PAN ROOM FILLED WITH MALE COAL MINERS
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SENATE MEETING.
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NEW YORK SENATOR WAGNER WALKS WITH OTHERS
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CAPITOL BUILDING AT US CAPITAL
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SENATE LEADER BANGS GAVEL PASSING NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BILL.
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UNION ELECTION IN INDUSTRIAL PLANT
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JUDICIAL BOARD MEETING BETWEEN MANAGEMENT & LABOR
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SENATOR WAGNER SPEAKS ON NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT "WE SHALL SEE THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA"
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CU "POLLING PLACE" SIGN
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MAN VOTING, PULLS UP CURTAIN. CU MEN'S HAND PUTTING PAPER BALLOT INTO BOX. VOTING PROCESS.
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1935 MONTAGE: LABOR UNION ACTIVITIES TALKING TO WORKERS, RALLYING SUPPORT
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JOHN L. LEWIS ON PODIUM
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MONTAGE STILLS
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ENTRANCE TO AFL-CIO SAN FRANCISCO HEADQUARTERS
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LOOKING DOWN ON HUGE MARCH, RALLY
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FDR WAITING TO SPEAK
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LEADERS OF AFL & CIO LEAVING MEETING
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UNION LABOR MEETING
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JOHN L. LEWIS SPEAKS
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CU SOMEONE WRITING "CIO GET OUT" IN CHALK ON SIDE OF BUILDING. ANTI-LABOR UNION SENTIMENT
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WORKERS LEAVING MEETING, SOME WITH LUNCH BOXES
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1935, FDR SIGNING SOCIAL SECURITY BILL AS PEOPLE WATCH
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FDR SPEAKS ON SOCIAL SECURITY
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CU BILL
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CU OLD MAN PUTTING ON GLASSES
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FDR OUTSIDE SPEAKING (MOS). INTERCUTS LISTENERS. MAN CUPS EAR TO HEAR BETTER
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CU SIGN ON BUILDING: "SOCIAL SECURITY BOARD".
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MONTAGE GARMENT WORKERS, WOMEN SEWING.
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CUs OLD WOMAN & OLD MAN
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MONTAGE GARMENT WORKERS, CLOTHING MANUFACTURING:
BACK & FORTH MONTAGE BETWEEN SEWING MACHINE & WORKERS. |
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OLD PENSIONERS. SOCIAL SECURITY RECIPIENTS IN RETIREMENT YEARS. BARBERSHOP HAIR CUTS AT BEACH.
SITTING ON BENCHES WEARING BATHING SUITS. |
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OUTDOOR SUMMER ACTIVITIES: SWIMMING IN LAKE
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RETIRED MAN SMOKING PIPE IN ROCKING CHAIR ON PORCH OF HOUSE
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LABOR MARCH. PRO-LEWIS PLACARDS
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AUTO WORKERS ON STRIKE. MONTAGE SLEEPING MEN ON STRIKE: ON COTS, SLEEPING IN CAR IN PLANT
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MONTAGE STRIKERS PASSING TIME, EATING. MAN PASSES OUT PIECES OF PIE. MEN DOING EXERCISES
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MONTAGE WORKERS' FAMILIES VISITING STRIKERS. HANDING BASKET OF FOOD, KISSING WIVES, HOLDING CHILDREN. SEEN THROUGH WINDOW OF FACTORY
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LAUNDRY HANGING ACROSS STREET AT FACTORY ENTRANCE (COULD BE CONSTRUED AS BACK ALLEY)
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MEN IN SUITS CARRYING CLUBS
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CU WOODEN BOX FILLED WITH GAS BOMBS
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MEN BREAKING FACTORY WINDOWS WITH CLUBS. POLICE &
MAN WATCHES. THROW SMOKE BOMBS INSIDE |
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MONTAGE MEN SHOOTING GUNS. RIOTING. SIT-DOWN STRIKE.
MEN WIELDING CLUBS, HANG OUT OF FACTORY WINDOW |
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EXTERIOR FACTORY WITH WINDOWS SMASHED
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MAN BANGS AT BIG STUFFED MAN HANGING ON SIDE OF FACTORY ON HEAD. SIGN "G.M. STOOL PIGEON"
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CU MAN IN CAR TALKING INTO RADIO
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SPEAKER FOR UAW, WALTER REUTHER.
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UNITED AUTO WORKERS IN FLINT, MICHIGAN. STRIKE AT CHEVORLET PLANT.
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MEN HANGING OUT OF WINDOW LOOKING OUT
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MARCHERS AT STRIKE
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CU LINE OF MEN'S FEET & LEGS MARCHING
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| 00:39:36 917.97 |
CU FACES OF MARCHERS. WOMAN WEARING EYE PATCH
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| 00:39:42 923.97 |
GUARD TALKS TO PERSON THROUGH BROKEN GLASS
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MONTAGE ARMED SOLDIERS WAITING AT STRIKING AUTO PLANT
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| 00:39:48 929.97 |
MONTAGE EXTERIOR & INTERIOR SHOTS OF INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES
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CU JOHN L. LEWIS SPEAKING
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HAPPY MEN JUMP UP & CHEER
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PAN HAPPY MEN IN SUITS INCLUDING WALTER P. REUTHER
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WOMEN HAPPY AT STRIKE'S END
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MAN WRITING ON CHALK BOARD. SIGN READS "STRIKE ENDS"
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HAPPY AUTO WORKERS CELEBRATE IN STREETS
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SEQUENCE OF STRIKERS LEAVING FACTORY. BIG SIGN FOR CHEVORLET MOTOR COMPANY. MEN WAVING HATS, MAN DANCES
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WORKING MEN LOOK UP AT SMOKESTACK
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CU STEAM WHISTLE BLOWING
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CU HAPPY FACTORY INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
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MONTAGE FACTORIES
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MOTORCADE DOWN CITY STREETS CARRYING FDR. STREETS FILLED WITH SUPPORTERS
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FDR ON BACK OF TRAIN CABOOSE. TRAIN LEAVES
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