Riots, Strikes And Demonstrations In America (1934)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown United States of America. Demonstration march down road in American city. Banner of marchers ’Maritime Federation of the Pacific’. MS of marchers, some where uniform caps. Good shots of placards ’We demand 8 hour day’ etc. Women and children also march. - Spacing - More shots of march, placard reads: ’You can’t arbitrate with Pirates’. More shots of marchers. Crowd gather around fountain in city square. - Spacing - Demonstrators. Man points to broken windows in building. Overturned car with smashed windows. Quick montage of riot scenes and scenes of industrial unrest. Violence from both sides. Ext. shot of demonstration at Chevrolet factory. Troops march in. CU riot gun. Various shots troops guarding factory. Large crowd outside factory. Banner which reads ’We Don’t want a strike’. An effigy is hung from a window with the banner ’GM Stool Pigeon’ (Presumably General Motors). Trucks carry troops. They unload. Shots of grou
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