Thames Dock Strike (1970-1979)

Unused / unissued material - Colour material. London. Travel shot from boat in heart of London’s Docks. Shots of cranes around Victoria Deep Water Terminal. The cranes don’t appear to be moving. Ships sit with containers on deck. Presumably nothing is being unloaded due to strike by Thames Dockers. More shots from the Thames showing little activity anywhere along the banks. Cranes remain unmoved. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé