Detroit: Chrysler Strike 11-11-58
Identifier
F.2012-03-1277
Date Of Production
November 11 1958
Abstract
News footage covering a 1958 labor strike by 3,000 Chrysler Corporation employees in Detroit.
Description
Begins with a press conference by an unidentified spokesperson for Chrysler. He begins by declaring the United Automobile Workers' demands to be unreasonable, and says the strike will hurt all Chrysler employees.
The rest of the footage is silent. There is an exterior shot of the UAW International Headquarters (Solidarity House) at 8000 East Jefferson in Detroit, then scenes from the Chrysler campus. The picketing workers carry signs reading "Local 889 UAW Office Workers On Strike."
The rest of the footage is silent. There is an exterior shot of the UAW International Headquarters (Solidarity House) at 8000 East Jefferson in Detroit, then scenes from the Chrysler campus. The picketing workers carry signs reading "Local 889 UAW Office Workers On Strike."
Run Time
3 min 9 sec
Format
16mm
Extent
125 feet
Color
B&W
Sound
Optical
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Internegs
Genre
Form
Subject
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
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