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  • Short Summary

    More shots of General Strike and the effects on British life.

  • Description

    General Strike. Location of events unknown.

    More shots of train delivering mail, smoking industrial chimneys, demonstration in Hyde Park and workers returning to factory etc*. Most are are or similar to shots in GENERAL STRIKE NUMBER 1, GENERAL STRIKE NUMBER 2 and GENERAL STRIKE NUMBER 3 in G1290. Please see separate records for details.

    *Includes shots of an armoured car and army trucks driving down a London street - not seen in other General Strike footage.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    494.20
    Media URN:
    25748
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    10/05/1926
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:06:56:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:47:47:00 / 01:54:43:00
    Canister:
    G 1292

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    "*Includes shots of an armoured car" - there are actually two armoured vehicles, seen at 03:55 and 05:13. They're both Peerless Armoured Cars.

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