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  1. Divide et Impera (Divide and Rule) (2015)

    Director
    Scott Noble
    Subject
    History; Politics & government; Social Studies

    The series examines early American history through an examination of class. Part 1 DIVIDE ET IMPERA includes sections on Mother Jones, the American Constitution; the Civil War draft riots; Reconstruction;...

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  2. 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...

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  3. Justice for the Shrewsbury Pickets (2011)

    Subject
    Law; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Available on BetaSP/DVcam videotape

    A film re-examining the political events surrounding the arrest of 24 Shrewsbury building workers and the imprisonment of three of them, six months after the successful 1972 building workers’ strike. The...

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  4. Los Alamos (2004)

    Subject
    Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 11 minutes), Free loan

    A short video in two parts. Part 1 is an eyewitness account of a strike in 2002 on the Los Alamos banana plantation, owned by Ecuador’s richest man, Alvaro Norba. During the dispute workers were demanding...

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  5. Leeds - United! (1974)

    Director
    Roy Battersby
    Producer
    Kenith Trodd
    Subject
    Television studies
    Distribution
    Out of distribution

    This controversial account of a strike by Leeds clothing workers was, when it was broadcast in 1974, the most expensive film to be made for British television. Featuring a huge cast, striking black and white...

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  6. Arise Ye Workers - The Dockers’ Fight (1973)

    Subject
    Film studies; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 25 minutes), £8.00

    A campaign film supporting the dockers’ fight against redundancy and wage cuts caused by containerisation. The film charts the struggle against ruthless rationalisation, profiteering and land speculation,...

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  7. Ucs Struggle, The (1971)

    aka: Ucs 1

    Subject
    Politics & government; Social Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (PAL, 23 minutes), £8.00

    Cinema Action campaign film from 1971 supporting the fight to retain their jobs by workers at Upper Clyde Shipyards who developed a new weapon to help them in their struggle: the occupation and work-in.

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  8. Dole Not Coal: The 1984 Miners’ Strike: The Strikers’ Story

    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL), £12.99

    This film pays testimony to the people and politicians supporting the strike, together with the cause and effect to the striking miners in a dispute unimaginable in modern Britain, but one that has seemingly...

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