Results

5 results | Page 1 of 1
« First
‹ Prev1Next ›
Last »
Sort results by

  1. With Babies and Banners: The Story of the Women’s Emergency Brigade (1978 Film, Video)

    Director
    Lorraine Grey
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Women’s participation in the key strike of the 1930s in the USA. Layoffs, poverty wages, hazardous working conditions and speed-ups were daily realities for auto workers. Women workers also suffered lower...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  2. Wobblies, The (1979 Film, Video)

    Producer
    Stewart Bird; Deborah Shaffer
    Subject
    History; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A documentary celebration of the heyday of the Industrial Workers of the World, the broad-based radical trade union that rallied thousands of American workers to the cry of ‘one big union’ between 1905...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  3. Great Sit Down, The (1978 Film)

    Producer
    Stephen Peet
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An account of how auto workers seized plants at General Motors in 1937 - a single incident which represented a turning point in the American Labour movement. Uses contemporary footage showing pickets,...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other Record only Record only

  4. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

    Subject
    Economics; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 123 minutes), £19.99

    Michael Moore pulls back the curtain on capitalism to reveal the insidious role it has played in the destruction of the American dream for many people. Back in 1989, auto workers in Flint, MI, were lamenting...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order

  5. Labor Union Films (2011)

    Subject
    History; Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC), $14.99

    A 2-DVD set comprising 15 short films made between 1917 and 1951 dealing with US labour history and America’s struggle to ensure a decent life for all its citizens. Contents: 17 DAYS: THE STORY OF...

    DVD Find DVD Find Other Other To order To order
About marked records »