Strike Riots - America (1937)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown United States of America. Violent clashes between men on strike and men with guns and batons trying to break up the demonstrations. Sign by roadside suggests that this is the ’Republic Steel Strike’. Strikers throw stones at cars going through picket line. Strike breakers chase strikers across field. Shots of overturned cars. Unidentified man walks towards camera with police officer. Man speaks to camera about labour disturbance in Monroe. While he talks we see shots of state troops and state militia arriving in lorries. Shots of trade union meetings He ends by saying ’Industrial peace and goodwill is what we’re trying to achieve in Monroe here today.“ 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