Unemployment Sunday 1923

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Item title reads - Unemployment Sunday. 10,000 workers demonstrate in Trafalgar Square - 2,500 similar demonstrations were held in other parts of the country.

Various shots as workers march through the streets carrying banners. A man makes a speech in Trafalgar Square and the camera pans across...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23524
Sort Number:
G 0948
Time in/Out:
01:21:50:00 / 01:22:59:00
Canister:
G 948
Film ID:
296.13
Issue Date:
22/01/1923

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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