Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Civilians wait in long lines to buy food and ration from shops due to acute shortage. An idle sewing machine in a tailor's shop. A couple buys eatables from a shop. Ships at the Gdansk Shipyard. Ship building workers raise flags and move on strike against the imposition of Martial Law. Workers close the gates of the shipyard. A huge crowd of people on a strike. Citizens on other side of gate hand food and drink through the gate to help striking workers. A man and a woman distribute printed circulars to the striking people.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Negotiations and legalization of solidarity movement and its leaders during strike at the Gdansk Shipyard. A huge crowd of civilians stands outside a building and collects journals from a man. People and solidarity leaders on strike, demonstrate against Martial Law raising flags and banners. Solidarity leaders and their followers sing songs and the solidarity leader Lech Walesa addresses the assembly of people.
Gdansk Shipyard on strike. Negotiations on the way to legalization of solidarity movement. A large crowd assembled in an open area. Solidarity leaders Lech Walesa and others arrive for negotiations. Lech Walesa speaks at a meeting. Other solidarity leaders take oath at the meeting.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Solidarity leaders speak during a press conference. Striking Gdansk Shipyard workers outside the building listen to the press conference. A large crowd celebrates the selection of solidarity leader Lech Walesa as the spokesperson. Walesa addresses the crowd from a stage, holding a roll and speaks on microphone. A large crowd watches Walesa.
Crisis in Poland after the imposition of Martial Law by its Military Government. Posters and banners at the entrance of a printing press office. Workers print journals from a press machine. Solidarity workers paste posters of the solidarity movement on walls of a meeting hall. People take membership forms of the solidarity movement.
Crisis in Poland following labor strikes and formation of the Polish trade union Solidarity. Fall of communist party Chief Edward Gierek and his replacement by Stanislaw Kania. Gierek during a television address. Kania during a Parliament Session address. Gierek and Kania arrive in a black Mercedes W123 car and walk inside a building.
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