Strike!

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1928A
Date Released
19 May 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Big Bangers in Grand Prix Preview
  2. 2Strike!
  3. 3Riotous Return for Everton
  4. 4Flying is Her Life

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:
Film clip

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