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A history of the European working class. 4, Time of destruction / Icarus Films ; ARTE France, Les Films d'ici present ; in coproduction with AB Productions ; with the participation of Toute l'histoire ; a series written and directed by Stan Neumann ; [produced by] Camille Laemlé, Serge Lalou.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Working class--Europe--History--20th century.
- Working class.
- Working class--Political activity--Europe--History--20th century.
- Deindustrialization--Europe--History--20th century.
- Deindustrialization.
- Industrial management--Europe--History--20th century.
- Industrial management.
- Work--Psychological aspects.
- Work.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (55 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
- Other Title:
- Time of destruction
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : Icarus Films, [2020]
- Language Note:
- In English and French with English subtitles; closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- This fourth episode of A HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN WORKING CLASS explores the European working class from 1940 to the present. The organized working class of the early 20th century was both at a high point of political power and poised for tragic defeat. The rise of Franco, Mussolini and Hitler turned legions of European workers into disempowered pawns in the pursuit of war. While the emergence of Fordism improved living standards for many workers in the wake of World War II, these gains would be overshadowed by the ensuing decades of deindustrialization and declining union membership. Worker's protest movements in Hungary and Czechoslovakia were met with military repression by the Soviet Union, accelerating a legitimacy crisis in the Eastern Bloc and fracturing the international socialist movement. In the face of neoliberal economic restructuring, deindustrialization and the collapse of the Soviet project, working class identity and political organization has entered a period of prolonged crisis. No longer equipped with a sense of historic confidence, does the working class still have meaning as a collective identity?
- Participant:
- Narrator, Bernard Lavilliers.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Ned Burgess, Katell Djian ; animation, Joris Clerté ; editing, Louise Decelle, Catherine Gouze ; original music, Philippe Miller.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 1, 2022).
- Publisher Number:
- if-euro4 Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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