General Strike 1926 (1926)

Unissued / unused material. Title reads: “Labour organised a monster demonstration to Hyde Park“. London. Various shots of mass demonstration through streets, people carry banners representing various Socialist and Labour movements. The demonstration congregates in Hyde Park, a man on a soapbox gives a speech. Flash frame intertitle: “Idle pits everywhere“. Various shots of pithead and collieries - no work is taking place as all the miners are striking. Intertitle: “City men as Stokers- Black Coated Brigade help to keep up gas supply during strike at Mill Hill Gas Works“. Note: this item is similar to stories in Pathe Gazette issue G 1290 about the General Strike. 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,