Port in a Storm

Synopsis: A video compilation about the Liverpool dockers’ dispute begun in September 1995.
1 (18 min): Women’s support for the strikers, as Women On the Waterfront (WOW) face icy blizzards and police on the picket line, surviving with wit and camaraderie.
2 (22 min): Longshore workers from around the world meet the Liverpool dockers and the WOW at the dock gate, giving birth to an international dockers’ movement.
3 (27 min): A cabaret performance humorously illustrating the dockers’ solidarity.
4 (12 min): The involvement of environmental activists from the ‘Reclaim the Streets’ movement.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 79 min.
Year of production: 1997
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION; 1997 sale: £10.00 (inclusive)
Notes: Reviewed by Denis Gregory in ‘Viewfinder’ No 30 (May 1997), p26.
Subjects: Politics & government
Keywords: dock workers; industrial disputes; labour movements

Title: Snow on the waterfront
Synopsis: 1 (18 min): Women's support for the strikers, as Women On the Waterfront (WOW) face icy blizzards and police on the picket line, surviving with wit and camaraderie.
Title: Tide is high, The
Synopsis: 2 (22 min): Longshore workers from around the world meet the Liverpool dockers and the WOW at the dock gate, giving birth to an international dockers' movement.
Title: Dockers Club: a night to remember
Synopsis: 3 (27 min): A cabaret performance humorously illustrating the dockers' solidarity.
Title: Reclaim the future
Synopsis: 4 (12 min): The involvement of environmental activists from the 'Reclaim the Streets' movement.

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