Covent Garden Strike 1924

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London.

Title: "Covent Garden Strike. Mr. Ben Tillet, M.P., addresses mass meeting of porters".

High angled shot of a crowd of men in flat caps outside Covent Garden, behind them are rows of parked trucks and carts. Panning shot over the heads of a crowd gathered around the market's...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24560
Sort Number:
G 1112
Time in/Out:
01:00:01:00 / 01:00:54:00
Canister:
G 1112
Film ID:
352.01
Issue Date:
21/09/1924

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