Auto Strike Riots - The Sit Down Strike (1937)

Full title reads: “AUTO STRIKE RIOT“. United States of America (USA). Strike sympathisers braking the windows of a General Motors Car factory with wooden bats. Strikers are inside factories and getting support from the outside. Army trucks with troops in driving along the road - Government is sending troops to stop the riots. Armed troops marching into factory. Troops arresting agitators. Various shots of the troops activities around the factory - looks like a siege. Follows the footage of the actual conflict which caused the arrival of the troops. Various shots of the strike supporters braking factory windows with wooden bats. Women strike supporters parading outside the factory. Several shots of the riots - tear gas, people running around, injured man being carried on stretcher. 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 ENQUIR