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The Luddites / Thames ; producer, Taylor Downing ; director, Richard Broad.
LIBRA VHS DA535 .L78 1993
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Luddites--Drama.
- Luddites.
- Textile workers--England--Yorkshire--History--19th century--Drama.
- Textile workers.
- Sabotage in the workplace--England--Yorkshire--History--19th century--Drama.
- Sabotage in the workplace.
- History.
- England--Yorkshire.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences [distributor], 1992.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Skilled workers in the wool industry in Yorkshire in 1812 faced unemployment when new machines were introduced into the mills. This docudrama presents their response: first, an unsuccessful attempt to communicate with the mill owners and managers; then, the violent destruction of the machines.
- Participant:
- Narrator, Alexander John.
- Credits:
- Photographer, Simon Kossoff; researcher, Sam Hanson; film editor, Bob Dyer ; music, Edward Williams.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 29511173
- Publisher Number:
- FFH 3286 Films for the Humanities
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