Walkout - Troops Called In Iowa Strike Aka Troops Quell Riots - Iowa Lner (1938)

Titles read: “WALKOUT - TROOPS CALLED IN IOWA STRIKE“. Newton, Iowa, United States of America. Several shots of men on a picket line walking in a circle outside the Maytag Washington Machine Company. Governor Nelson G Crashell sits at his desk and is handed a piece of paper by his secretary as commentator says he had proclaimed a state of martial law after rioting during the 11-week-old strike. A soldier pins a notice to a telegraph pole in the town. Major General Mat Dinley walks along the street with two other army men and a civilian man. Jeeps containing soldiers with machine guns travel past the washing machine factory. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news age
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