Great Sit Down, The
- Synopsis
- 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, confrontations with the police, the use of the national guard, the conciliation efforts of the Governor of Michigan, and shots of the men inside the plant as they waited it out. Prominence is given to the role of the Women’s Emergency Brigade.
- Series
- Yesterday’s Witness, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 50 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1978
- Availability
- OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
REFERENCE ONLY - Uses
- Illustrative material for 3rd-year courses in politics or sociology; appropriate to any level history course that covers the US labour movement.*
- Subjects
- Sociology
- Keywords
- cars; industrial disputes; industrial relations; motor vehicles; United States of America
Credits
- Producer
- Stephen Peet
- Contributor
- Les Norman
- Cast
James Cameron
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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