Workers Newsreel No. 1
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A short, anti-capitalist and anti-war film intended to show news from the "working class point of view". Includes scenes from "The Daily Worker Gala, Coop Woods in Plumstead", with sports competitions such as wrestling and an egg and spoon race; also features scenes from Hendon Air Pageant, from a Youth Anti-War Congress in Sheffield, and from an anti war demonstration in Hyde Park in August 1934.
Complete catalog record
Original source: The British Film Institute | Archive Reference: N-508016. | Reproduction of: United Kingdom, 1934. 16mm Silent BW pos. | Production Company: Film and Photo League, Kino Production Group.
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:06:33) : silent, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Socialism | Workers | Social class | Festivals | Sports and games | Competition | Construction | Anti-capitalism | Aircraft | Military aircraft | Parachute jumping | Peace movements | Wars | Demonstrations | Protests | Sheffield | London | United Kingdom | Newsreel/Cinemagazine | 1925-1939 | Webcast
Release: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2018.
Physical description: 1 online resource (video file 0:06:33) : silent, black and white | monochrome
Subjects: Socialism | Workers | Social class | Festivals | Sports and games | Competition | Construction | Anti-capitalism | Aircraft | Military aircraft | Parachute jumping | Peace movements | Wars | Demonstrations | Protests | Sheffield | London | United Kingdom | Newsreel/Cinemagazine | 1925-1939 | Webcast
Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, year, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:12