General Strike Number 1 (1926)

Events take place in various locations across Great Britain during General Strike. Title: “Labour organised a monster demonstration to Hyde Park“. Until 01:00:45, shots are the same as those in Pathe Gazette story - MAYDAY 1926 - in G 1290. Please see separate record for details. Intertitle: “Idle pits everywhere“. Various panning L/Ss of a deserted colliery. Intertitle: “City Men as Stokers ...“ Until 01:03:15, shots same as story - CITY MEN AS STOKERS - in G 1290. See separate record for details. M/S of two newspaper vendors selling the ’Star’ to a crowd of men, they hold posters which with the words ’no strike tonight’ on. M/S of a submarine, floating on the surface, anchored next to a quayside. M/S of armed sailors boarding a dockside cruiser (possibly . Delhi). Various L/Ss of a battleship anchored next to industrial docks. Various shots of a large battalion of troops - armed sailors - marching through the streets of a town. Crowds of curious civilians line the roads