There were demonstrations throughout the USA with several instances of police arresting passive strikers.
(meta data) TITLE: Us Phone Strike - British Pathé (meta data) AUTHOR:  British Pathé 5 captures 26 Apr 2014 - 11 Jul 2019 About this capture COLLECTED BY Collection: Wikipedia Eventstream The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20190711142802/https://www.britishpathe.com/video/us-phone-strike # British Pathé Basket (0) Log In Username or Email Address Forgotten Password 208,000 historical clips Advanced Search # Us Phone Strike 1947 us-phone-strike Add to WorkSpace Please log in to add to WorkSpaces. Not registered? Register now License this Film View as stills Email this video to someone This video has no sound ### Short Summary Good footage of demonstrators during US phone strike in San Francisco. ### Description Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unknown or unclear. San Francisco, United States of America - April 1947. Various shots of skirmishes between strikers and police occurring during the mass picketing demonstration of telephone workers in San Francisco (US phone strike). M/S as women demonstrators are hustled into a police van. Various shots of confusion and scuffles as protesting men demonstrators are bundled into police vans by policemen. Strikers watch and boo the police. L/S panning down the main building of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company to pavement below where six pickets, the legal number, are patrolling - they look pretty tired and bored. More shots of people being put into police vans while the crowds watch. Looks like traffic is at a standstill. ### Tags ### Data Film ID: Media URN: Group: Unissued unused Archive: British Pathé Issue Date: Sound: HD Format: Available on request Stock: Black & White Duration: Time in/Out: 01:13:45:00 / 01:15:47:00 Canister: UN 1699 A ### Comments (0) We always welcome comments and more information about our films. All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden. ### Add your comment Please Register or Log in to add a comment. ## British Passions on Film 3 episodes A lovely series first shown on BBC 4 that depicts the hobbies and leisure activities of 20th-century Britons.................................................................Watch now on britishpathe.tv ## Reuters Historical Collection Search Reuters British Pathé now represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from 1910 to 1979. Start exploring! ## License Footage for Your Production Contact Us If you are a media professional and have seen some footage or stills you wish to include in your production, click the link to get in touch with us. ## Related Videos ### Is Your Phone Tapped Debate on how far phone tapping can go. ### Phone In Your Car Car phones used by business men in Lancashire. ### Dave And Dusty - Phone Box Little boy with dog makes faces at woman in phone box as she is talking too much. ### Official War Cameramen And Correspondents US official war cameramen and correspondents pose for the cameras, including Ed Murrow. ### Nuremberg Trials Footage of Nuremberg. Germany. ### Mayor Of Italian Village Speaks To America Via Telstar People wait in the streets for link up, Mayor Cagnasso speaks on the phone to US via Telstar. ### How To Use Your Doctor Recommendations to help doctors. ## The Complete WW1 Collection World War One To commemorate the centenary of the conflict, we have launched this definitive collection of WW1 films, created from our comprehensive war archive. ## WW2: Key Events World War Two A comprehensive collection selected by British Pathé of the key events that took place in World War Two. ## Elizabeth: A Life in Pictures More Galleries A hand-picked selection of 91 still images from the Queen's 91 years and her record-breaking reign. ## Pathé's Hollywood Hunks More Galleries Forget about the Brad Pitts and Leonardo DiCaprios of today. Take a look at the original Hollywood hunks! ## 10 Amazing Transport Inventions More Galleries Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - the archive is awash with fabulous films of creative inventions. ## 10 Tragedies Caught on Film More Galleries British Pathé captured many extraordinary and tragic events over its 80 year history.
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1947 Telephone strike
Abstract.
The 1947 Telephone strike was a five-week long, nation-wide labor stoppage in the United States of America by the National Federation of Telephone Workers (NFTW) and other smaller unions that started on April 7, 1947. The workers, mostly switchboard operators, were protesting long hours and low pay by AT&T, the Bell Telephone Company, the New York Telephone Company, and others.