Wobblies, The

Synopsis

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 and 1918. Interviews with surviving IWW members from the period are intercut with archive newsreel footage, photographs, newspaper cuttings and animation material while the soundtrack includes radical folksongs and readings of relevant contemporary quotations.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 89 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 89 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1979

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Subjects

History; Sociology

Keywords

labour movements; trades unions; United States of America

Credits

Producer

Deborah Shaffer; Stewart Bird

Contributor

Deborah Shaffer

Cast

Roger Baldwin

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

Center for Educational Productions

Sponsor

Name

Film Fund

Name

Joint Foundation Support

Name

National Endowment for the Humanities

Name

United Auto Workers

Distributor

Name

Metro Tartan Distribution

Phone

020 7494 1400

Fax

020 7439 1922

Address

3rd Floor, Atlantic House
5 Wardour Street
London W1V 3HE

Notes

Formerly: The Other Cinema