Car Workers Defy Pickets

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1416A

Date Released

26 Jul 1956

Date submitted

24 Jul 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1International Horse Show
2. 2Ribot Wins at Ascot
3. 3Personalities: Cricketers at the Palace
4. 4Personalities: Lord Radcliffe
5. 5Personalities: Tito’s Guests
6. 6Hotel Falls Down
7. 7Car Workers Defy Pickets
8. 8Comets for USA
9. 9Miss Universe
10. 10Royal Visit to Bomber Command

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 10

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Car Workers Defy Pickets. DESCRIPTION: Many operatives drove to work as usual in spite of the BMC strike. At a Birmingham area factory, for instance pickets were on the job, but employees who’d decided to defy Union instructions carried on. SHOTLIST: Panning shot over car park. Shots of the pickets. Shots of banners. Shots of pickets clapping. Various shots of employees walking past the pickets.

Keywords

Labour relations

Locations

Birmingham

Card file number

67718

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

45

Story extras:

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