Strike!

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1928A

Date Released

19 May 1966

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Strike!. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s Merchant Seamen have gone on strike, ships in the docks are idle. Pictures include historic film records of the first seamens’ strike in 1911 - fifty-five years ago. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. GV dockyard. LS ditto. CU poster would you work 56 hours for £14. MS seamen carrying banners. GV Downing Street. MS door of No 10 Downing Street. LS seaman with banners in Downing Street. CU poster The target is 40 hours. Pan seaman in Downing Street. MS union leaders arriving at No 10. CU ditto. MLS seamen carrying banners outside No 10. MS sign British Transport Docks Southampton. GV ship in Southampton Docks. MS seamen leaving ship. MS ditto. MLS British Transport lorries in dockyard. GV dockyard. GV ditto. GV seamen during last official strike in 1911. LS ditto. MS ditto. GV policeman controlling strikers.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Labour relations

Locations

London; Southampton

Card file number

91122

Credits:

Camera: Keith Medley
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell
Camera: Norman Fisher
Camera: Robert Hawkins
Camera: Ronald E. Collins

Length of story (in feet)

170

Story extras:

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