Employment for African Americans provided by Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in New York, United States, during the Great Depression. African American men and women of an art song group learn classical music. They sing chorus. William Lawrence sits on piano and sings along.
Employment for African Americans in the Great Depression provided by Works Progress Administration (WPA) Projects in New York, United States. Actors of Negro People's Theatre troupe perform in Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth,' (known as the "Voodoo Macbeth") directed by Orson Welles, at a theater in New York under the Federal Theater Project. Actor delivers dialog in the play, set in 19th century Haiti instead of Scotland. Body of Lady Macbeth (Edna Thomas) on floor. Fight scene in play with Maurice Ellis as Macbeth, slain by Macduff. Three witches and Macbeth and Macduff on floor. Witches hold cut head. Final scene of play finishes. Viewers clap as the curtains drop. Curtain raises and actors bow.
Unionized Hollywood worker is interviewed after his home is bombed during jurisdictional dispute between the Internaational Alliance of theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU).
Street is filled with members of two Hollywood labor unions engaged in jurisdictional disputes. Individuals are arrested and led away by police. Sign seen with demonstrators reads, 'Living Cost Does Not Wait For a Raise.' International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) is in conflict with Conference of Studio Unions (CSU). Police keep peace and escort some demonstrators away. Demonstrator signs include, 'Living Cost Does Not Wait For A Raise'
Street is filled with members of two Hollywood labor unions engaged in jurisdictional disputes. Demonstrators are arrested by police and led away, to be loaded into a paddy wagon. Three women are arrested. One of them holds a sign that reads, 'Raises Now, Peace in 1947' Another sign seen in the crowd reads, 'No Scabs.' The International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) is in conflict with Conference of Studio Unions (CSU). Police keep peace and escort some demonstrators away individually. Others are loaded into police wagons. Some posters carried by workers call for labor peace in 1947.
Activities of United States Federal Marshals during AIM (American Indian Movement) Native American Indian occupation at the outskirts of Lakota Nation in Wounded Knee South Dakota area. Vehicles in the field. United States soldiers sit in dugouts aiming rifles in field. They hide behind sand sacks and wood logs. Federal soldiers fire gun. Flag of United States flies over dug out.
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