Food War - Cleveland's Needy Capture City… 1938

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Titles read: "FOOD WAR - CLEVELAND'S NEEDY CAPTURE CITY HALL".

Cleveland, Ohio (?), United States of America.

Various shots of unemployed men and women staging a starvation sit-in at Cleveland City Hall to protest against dole money of as little as $3 a week. Men sit at a table and...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17235
Sort Number:
38/046
Time in/Out:
01:24:47:00 / 01:25:22:00
Canister:
38/46
Film ID:
969.25
Issue Date:
09/06/1938

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