Wildcat at Mead (sound)
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Description: Documentary about the 1972 wildcat strike of predominantly Black workers at Mead Packaging in Atlanta, Georgia.
See interferencearchive.org/wildcat-at-mead/ (accessed September 18, 2023).
solidarity-us.org/p3135/ (accessed September 18, 2023).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_(United_States)ss (accessed September 18, 2023).
October Films, the producer, was associated with the October League.
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1970s, Labor unions, Labor, People of African origin or descent, Black history and culture , Racism--Resistance to , Music
Tags: Black people; Black workers; African American people; working conditions; communist organizations; wildcat strikes; workers rights; unfair working conditions; employee benefits; pensions; insurance; temperature control; racist foremen; women's labor; Black women workers; strike chants; workers singing Which Side Are You On; We Shall Overcome; protest songs; white allies; solidarity; workers marching; Atlanta police vans; strike tactics; police; arrests; shot on video; racial discrimination; picket lines; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s; female narrator; on-camera interviews; October League; Sherman Miller; Wayne Draznin; video source footage; shot on video; worker safety
Film Sponsor:
Creator: October Films
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Prelinger Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1972
Release Date:
Geographical Location: USA; Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia
Genre/Form: activist, nonfiction
Language: eng
Rights:
Film Format: 16mm film
Element: release print, kinescope
Color: b&w
Color Process:
Sound or Silent: sound
Film Soundtrack Type: variable area
Edge Code: square plus
Frame Rate: 24 fps
Length (feet): 1800
Complete Record: Description: Documentary about the 1972 wildcat strike of predominantly Black workers at Mead Packaging in Atlanta, Georgia. See interferencearchive.org/wildcat-at-mead/ (accessed September 18, 2023). solidarity-us.org/p3135/ (accessed September 18, 2023). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_(Marxist%E2%80%93Leninist)_(United_States)ss (accessed September 18, 2023). October Films, the producer, was associated with the October League. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1970s, Labor unions, Labor, People of African origin or descent, Black history and culture , Racism--Resistance to , Music Tags: Black people; Black workers; African American people; working conditions; communist organizations; wildcat strikes; workers rights; unfair working conditions; employee benefits; pensions; insurance; temperature control; racist foremen; women's labor; Black women workers; strike chants; workers singing Which Side Are You On; We Shall Overcome; protest songs; white allies; solidarity; workers marching; Atlanta police vans; strike tactics; police; arrests; shot on video; racial discrimination; picket lines; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s; female narrator; on-camera interviews; October League; Sherman Miller; Wayne Draznin; video source footage; shot on video; worker safety Film Sponsor: Creator: October Films Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1972 Release Date: Geographical Location: USA; Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia Genre/Form: activist, nonfiction Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: release print, kinescope Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound Film Soundtrack Type: variable area Edge Code: square plus Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 1800
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