World's Unemployment Problem.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crowds.

Police.

Protest movements.

Unemployment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (57 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1921.

Summary:

"World's Unemployment Problem. In London there have been demonstrations followed by a few scuffles with the police, but -" (0.06). View of huge crowd of men some waving flags and some carrying banners (0.12). " - our workers will never reach the heart-rending plight of men in New York who auctioned themselves as slaves to secure bread." (0.22). Slow pan right of auctioneer (back view) and "slave", in front of them is a huge crowd (0.29). Auctioneer with one man - the man slumps and is given a hunk of bread (0.39). Another man strips off his shirt and shows his muscles as the auctioneers shot to the crowd (0.46).

Notes:

Issue number: 529-2 ; Story number within issue: 6 of 6

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.