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A documentary titled 'Our Union at Work' regarding textile workers union in United States.
Views of an industrial area in United States. Interior of a textile manufacturing or textile mill operation. Machinery, men at work on machines spinning, weaving, knitting. Men working on the machines. Women workers can be seen working on clothes and machines. A woman wears a magnifying glass attachment around her head to perform close detail work. A gathering of textile workers at a meeting of Textile Workers Union of America CIO. Workers at a Union election place ballots into ballot box during a vote.
Elections of U.S. National Labor Relation Board, voting is done.
Interior of the U.S. National Labor Relation Board office, men in suits seated around a giant conference table, discussing. A United States flag in the corner. Man points out southeastern states in the United States on a map where union branches are needed. A car on road and a road sign for route 411 in Georgia. A union organizer man gets out of the car goes to a house, speaks to a worker, already seated, shows him some paper. Woman washing a young child at the house. A gathering of 12-15 people outside a textile mill, beside a railroad yard, as the new union is taking shape. Train goes by on tracks behind the men. Music "union train a coming" plays in background. Union organizers hand out leaflets at the textile mill gates, informing workers of the union idea. Views of campaigning of election. Banners can be seen saying 'Protect your job'. Voting is done, ballet paper is seen with title "National Labor Relations Board." Close up views of hands of workers putting ballots into voting box. Views of a union meeting of wool workers that are planning to negotiate with labor management on behalf of workers.
Textile workers on strike attend meeting, receive supplies in Georgia with Union support.
Textile workers go on strike in Georgia, United States. Textile workers (possibly from Celanese Corporation in Rome, Georgia) carrying placards outside a factory. Smokestacks are seen in the background. Placards say 'Textile Workers on Strike' and 'Give us real Senority'. Textile workers on strike stand near factory fence. A worker lights his cigarette. Strike committee made up of union members and representatives from the locality and national union convene for a meeting. An African American worker speaks with the strike committee. A man takes the minutes of the meeting. A telegraph is sent through Western Union. Telephone operator transfers a call. Close up views of men and women talking on telephones. Publicity department gets the details from a typewriter. A woman mails a pamphlet “This is your fight”. A man signs a Textile Workers Union of America check made out to the Northwest Georgia Joint Board, TWUA. Man signs an official paper of 'Textile Worker Union of America'. Workers on strike line up outside the TWUA Local 689 commissary. The union commissary replenishes their stocks of food and supplies for the workers to carry them through the time without pay. Workers receive their supplies and food. A man leads the union workers to sing "We shall overcome." The worker takes his supply to his car. Interior of a house, a woman (mother, housewife) gives a glass of milk to a boy, man seated on chair in living room reading newspaper and his family with boy on sofa, and wife joins him.
Top United States communist leaders found guilty by the court in New York.
Top United States communist leaders found guilty by the court in New York. The Reds convicted by the court with the criminal conspiracy of the Reds against the United States judge Harold Medina. The Reds gather at a place. A man addresses all the other men standing. A man records the speech. They discuss amongst themselves. A man holds a document in his hand. The communists advance towards the court. Men smoke. Men in United States marshal on the road. A car follows.
The routine life in Hong Kong shadowed by the Chinese communists after their takeover of Mainland China
View of Victoria, British Hong Kong, as the population awaits possible challenge from Chinese Communist forces only several miles away. Victoria Peak is seen in the background. A Chinese man purchases copy of the Hong Kong Standard newspaper from vendor holding sign that reads: "Reds Offer Diplomatic Relations." British troops march with their packs, as they prepare for possible defense of the Crown Colony. Hong Kong police check persons entering at the border. British troops prepare artillery positions. British Comet Cruiser tanks maneuver. British Mk XVI Supermarine Spitfire aircraft with engines running on airfield. A flight of four Spitfires in formation over the city.
People gather to watch the football match between Cornell and Yale at New Haven, United States.
Football Match between Cornell and Yale at New Haven, United States. The match in progress. A large crowd gathers to watch the match. They cheer and applaud. Cornell defeats Yale by 48-14.
