- Title: F-9704
- Summary: JOHN L. LEWIS:
- Description:02:01:10 - JOHN L. LEWIS MAKES STATEMENT AT GOVERNMENT HEARING. 02:02:20 - LEWIS POSES OUTSIDE COURT BUILDING 02:02:23 - WALKING WITH GROUP OF MEN IN SUITS 02:02:54 - 1920s COAL MINER MONTAGE: WORKERS GOING INTO MINES; COMING UP OUT OF ELEVATORS; TRAVEL UP HILL ON RAIL CAR. 02:03:14 - MIDWEST AMERICAN COAL TOWN, HOUSES 02:03:24 - SMOKE BILLOWS OUT OF COAL PROCESSING PLANT AS BURNING SLAG FILLS THE AIR. 02:03:31 - CROWD OF MINERS WITH LUNCH BUCKETS WAIT TO GO DOWN INTO MINE. 02:03:37 - MINERS ENTERING COAL MINE TUNNEL 02:03:48 - COAL MINERS LEAD HORSES OUT OF MINE 02:03:51 - MINERS PUSH TRAIN CARTS FILLED WITH COAL. 02:03:55 - UPPER GROUND OF MINES 02:03:57 - EXPLOSION 02:04:00 - MINER LOOKS UP 02:04:00 - STEAM WHISTLE ON TIN ROOF BLOWS IN EMERGENCY WARNING 02:04:03 - MINER POINTS 02:04:04 - MINERS FILE INTO ELEVATOR 02:04:10 - NIGHTTIME SHOT OF INJURED & RESCUED MINERS COMING OUT AFTER MINING ACCIDENT 02:04:23 - MINERS OF LUCAS, IOWA GATHER AROUND MAN ON SOAPBOX TRYING TO ORGANIZE A WORKER'S UNION. 02:04:31 - PHOTO MONTAGE 02:04:52 - JOHN L. LEWIS POSES WITH MEN OF THE AFL INCLUDING SAMUEL GOMPERS 02:04:55 - SAMUEL L. GOMPERS 02:04:58 - LEWIS ACCEPTS JOB AS AF OF L ORGANIZER, SHAKES HANDS WITH GOMPERS. 02:05:03 - LABOR LEADERS STAND ON SOAP BOX ABOVE LARGE CROWD 02:05:08 - LARGE GATHERING OF MEN FIGHTING FOR UNION SOLIDARITY. LOTS OF AMERICAN FLAGS. MARCHING THROUGH CROWD 02:05:19 - JOHN LEWIS (1917) 02:05:32 - "UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA" SIGN ABOVE HEADQUARTER'S DOOR. 02:05:33 - 1920s LEWIS AS PRESIDENT OF UNITED MINER WORKERS UNION 02:05:53 - PAN DOWN FACTORY SMOKESTACK BILLOW SMOKE. 02:05:56 - WORKERS AT TIME CLOCKS PUNCHING IN 02:06:01 - AUTO ASSEMBLY LINE WORKERS 02:06:10 - FACTORY SMOKE STACKS, NO SMOKE, CLOSED 02:06:12 - "NO MEN WANTED" SIGN ON CHAIN-LINK FENCE AS THE GREAT DEPRESSION HITS. UNEMPLOYMENT. 02:06:18 - OLD MAN NAILS "CLOSED" SIGN ON FACTORY GATES 02:06:21 - UNEMPLOYED MEN SIT ON STOOPS IN FRONT OF STORE, PLAYING CARD GAMES, POKER 02:06:26 - LINES OF MEN ENTER CHURCH MISSION SOUP KITCHEN 02:06:29 - POLITICAL CONVENTION. "BOSTON WELCOMES ROOSEVELT" BANNER. 02:06:30 - FDR AT PODIUM 02:06:39 - NRA FLAG OUTSIDE "PALACE" THEATRE MARQUEE. PART OF FDR'S NEW DEAL. 02:06:45 - HUGE PARADE WITH NRA, RADIO INDUSTRY MEMBERS & MARCHING BAND IN PROCESSION 02:06:59 - UNION ORGANIZERS ON SOAP BOX "PREACH" TO CROWDS OF CIVILIANS & MINERS 02:07:16 - SIGN FOR "MASS MEETING" IN WHICH JOHN L. LEWIS SPEAKS ON BUILDING MARQUEE. 02:07:22 - LARGE CROWD OF MEN IN MEETING APPLAUD 02:07:28 - JOHN L. LEWIS TALKS ABOUT HOW THE WORKERS OF THE U.S. WANT ORGANIZATION & THAT THEY WILL GET IT THROUGH THIS NEW LABOR MOVEMENT 02:07:53 - JOHN LEWIS QUITS AFL TO TAKE ON CAMPAIGN TO ORGANIZE LABORERS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO JOIN A UNION BEFORE 02:08:03 - CIO WORKERS STRIKE. ALL LINED UP 02:08:13 - CU SIGN "CIO-SWOC" 02:08:18 - LEWIS MONTAGE: SPEECHES BEFORE MEN IN SUITS; CHOMPS ON CIGAR 02:08:40 - UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION SIT-DOWN STRIKE IN MICHIGAN AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS: PICKETERS OUTSIDE FACTORY, WORKERS HANG OUT OF FACTORY WINDOWS & WAVE. 02:08:51 - WORKERS REFUSE TO LEAVE FACTORY. SITTING AROUND & SLEEPING ON MAKE-SHIFT BEDS 02:08:58 - MEN MARK OFF DAYS OF STRIKE ON CALENDER 02:09:01 - SIGN HANGS OUTSIDE BUILDING "100% SIT-DOWN" 02:09:02 - PEOPLE PICKET OUTSIDE BUILDING 02:09:11 - MEN BRING IN BASKETS OF FOOD & COTS TO FEED STRIKERS 02:09:18 - HANDING SUPPLIES IN THROUGH WINDOWS 02:09:22 - VIOLENCE BREAKS OUT ON PICKET LINES. COPS ARE ROUGH WITH MEN & WOMEN. DRAG PEOPLE AWAY. POLICE BRUTALITY 02:09:39 - SHOTS FIRED, PUTTING WATER HOSES ON PROTESTORS 02:09:50 - STRIKERS SMASH IN FACTORY WINDOWS WITH STICKS, CLUBS 02:09:54 - THROWING TEAR GAS INTO BUILDING 02:09:59 - NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARRIVE TO FORCE STRIKERS OUT OF PLANT. RIP DOWN SCAFFOLDING, SET UP MACHINE-GUNS 02:10:17 - LEWIS STANDS BEFORE BANK OF MICROPHONES 02:10:32 - MICHIGAN GOVERNOR FRANK MURPHY 02:10:38 - MEETING WITH JOHN LEWIS, GOVERNOR MURPHY & GM REPRESENTATIVE SHAKE HANDS TO SETTLE STRIKE 02:10:51 - REJOICING WORKERS WITH NEWSPAPER HEADLINES ABOUT END OF STRIKE. 02:10:55 - "VICTORY IS OURS!" BANNER ON GM FACTORY 02:10:57 - HAPPY STRIKER LOOKS THROUGH HOLE IN GLASS 02:10:59 - MEN KISSING THEIR CHILDREN 02:11:05 - CELEBRATING CARRY MEN ON THEIR SHOULDERS PAST "CHEVROLET MOTOR CO." SIGN 02:11:09 - STRIKERS DANCE IN CELEBRATION 02:11:14 - MASS MEETING IN DETROIT. 100,000 MEN PACK THE STREETS 02:11:25 - JOHN LEWIS SIGNS PAPER AT DESK 02:11:55 - 1937: JOHN LEWIS STANDS PROUDLY ON DAIS AT LABOR UNION MEETING. 02:12:06 - AT LABOR CONVENTION MEETING, MEN CHEERING & HOLDING SIGNS 02:12:12 - LEWIS MAKES SARCASTIC SPEECH ABOUT HOW THE CIO IS A DICTATORSHIP & A WASTE OF ENERGY. 02:12:33 - AUDIENCE OF MEN APPLAUD 02:12:40 - CONVENTION MEMBERS STAND UP & CHEER 02:13:08 - WHITE HOUSE ESTABLISHING SHOT 02:13:11 - JOHN L. LEWIS ARRIVES AT WHITE HOUSE. SURROUNDED BY PHOTOGRAPHERS & REPORTERS 02:13:23 - CROWD OF PHOTOGRAPHERS WITH FLASH BULBS GOING OFF 02:13:27 - 1937: LEWIS LEAVES THE WHITE HOUSE AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL MEETING WITH FDR ABOUT THE STEEL MILL WORKERS 02:13:48 - MEMORIAL DAY 1937: WORKERS STRIKE AT REPUBLIC STEEL IN CHICAGO. 02:13:59 - POLICE GATHER, SENT THERE TO GUARD PLANT. 02:14:02 - POLICE & STRIKERS MEET ON OPEN FIELD NEAR THE MILL. 02:14:25 - FIRST GUN SHOTS ARE FIRED AS RIOT STARTS. "THE MEMORIAL DAY MASSACRE". TEAR GAS & COPS BEAT PEOPLE. 02:14:49 - AFTERMATH: COPS CARRY PROTESTORS INTO PADDY-WAGONS. 02:15:13 - FDR (MOS) SPEECH 02:15:26 - JOHN L. LEWIS (MOS) SPEECH 02:15:36 - LEWIS MAKES SPEECH ABOUT NOT ELECTING FDR FOR THIRD TERM OR HE WILL RETIRE AS PRESIDENT OF CIO. 02:15:59 - RADIO CONTROL BOOTH. 02:16:16 - 1940: FDR & FAMILY POSE FOR CROWD OUTSIDE HIS HOME IN HYDE PARK, NEW YORK AFTER BEING RE-ELECTED FOR A 3RD TERM. 02:16:27 - CIO CONVENTION IN NOVEMBER 1940. 02:16:36 - LEWIS RESIGNS AS HEAD OF THE CIO & TELLS MEMBERS TO GIVE SUPPORT TO NEW PRESIDENT 02:17:02 - STANDING OVATION 02:17:07 - HANDS THE GAVEL OF LEADERSHIP TO PHILIP MURRAY 02:17:17 - PACKED BANQUET HALL OF APPLAUDING MEN 02:17:19 - PHILIP MURRAY & JOHN L. LEWIS SHAKE HANDS 02:17:27 - LEWIS IN HALL, RETURNS TO PRESIDENCY OF MINE WORKERS UNION 02:17:34 - JOHN L. LEWIS' OFFICE DOOR 02:17:40 - JOHN LEWIS MONTAGE 02:17:48 - LEWIS & HIS DAUGHTER CATHERINE 02:18:06 - DECEMBER 17, 1941: NEWSPAPER HEADLINE OF THE NEWS-CHRONICLE: PEARL HARBOR ATTACKED. U.S. DECLARES WAR. 02:18:11 - US ENTERS WWII: CROWDS OUTSIDE POST OFFICE HOLD UP NEWSPAPER WITH HEADLINE "JAPAN AT WAR WITH U.S." 02:18:14 - HOME FRONT: STEEL WORKERS IN PLANT MAKING WAR MACHINES, TANKS, SHIPS. SOLDERING MASK & SPARKS 02:18:30 - MAY 1, 1943: MINERS ON STRIKE. MINING MACHINERY STANDING STILL, NO ACTIVITY 02:18:40 - NYC NEWSSTAND. PEOPLE BUYING NEWSPAPERS 02:18:44 - CU NEWSPAPERS WITH CARICATURES OF JOHN LEWIS 02:18:48 - NEWSPAPER BOY SELLS NEWSPAPER TO MINER 02:18:51 - MINERS & BUSINESSMEN GATHER AROUND TO READ NEWSPAPERS 02:18:55 - FDR SEECH APPEALS DIRECTLY TO THE COAL MINERS TO GET BACK TO WORK IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITED AMERICA 02:19:08 - (MONTAGE) PEOPLE LISTEN TO RADIO 02:19:15 - MONTAGE OF MILITARY STARS IN WINDOWS OF HOMES OF FAMILIES WHO HAVE MEN IN THE SERVICE DURING WWII. 02:19:20 - MINERS STAND NEAR HAND-MADE SIGN WHICH READS "AMERICA FIRST-LAST-ALWAYS" 02:19:25 - MINER READS NOTICE TAPED TO WALL 02:19:28 - RAISING AMERICAN FLAG ON POLE AT COAL MINES 02:19:41 - JOHN L. LEWIS LEAVES BUILDING SURROUNDED BY OTHERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS AFTER WINNING IN STRIKE. 02:20:01 - 1946: LEWIS ENTERS MUNICIPAL COURT CRIMINAL DIVISION BUILDING AFTER CALLING MINER'S STRIKE; FIGHTING FOR PENSION & WELFARE FUND TO BE FINANCED BY A ROYALTY PAYMENT ON ALL THE COAL THAT IS MINED. 02:20:14 - EMPTY COAL CARS SITTING LINED UP & EMPTY 02:20:20 - EMPTY TRAIN STATION (PENN STATION NYC?) AFTER RAILROAD CANCEL TRAINS TO CONSERVE FUEL. 02:20:22 - PASSENGERS LOOK AT TRAIN SCHEDULE BOARD 02:20:24 - LINE OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES IN TRAIN YARD 02:20:26 - LIGHTS TURN OFF ON NEW YORK CITY MOVIE THEATRE MARQUEES AS EAST COAST CITIES ORDER NON-ESSENTIAL LIGHTING SHUT OFF (TRANS-LUX & EMBASSY NEWSREEL THEATRE) 02:20:31 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MARQUEE GOES DARK 02:20:31 - NEON SIGNS OF TIMES SQUARE SHUT OFF DURING "THE BROWN-OUT" 02:20:36 - NYC TIMES SQUARE LIT UP 02:20:43 - JOHN LEWIS POSES WITH SECRETARY OF INTERIOR JULIUS CROOG TO ANNOUNCE SETTLEMENT 02:20:49 - CROOG SHAKES HANDS WITH LEWIS & SPEAKS 02:21:00 - LEWIS AT SENATE COMMITTEE HEARING EXPLAINING WHY HE'S CALLED ANOTHER MASSIVE STRIKE OF COAL MINERS. POUNDS FIST ON TABLE. 02:23:30 - MINERS IN "MODERN" TRANSPORT TRAIN GOING INTO MINE TUNNEL. 02:23:36 - AUTOMATION IN THE COAL MINES. MASSIVE MACHINE DIGGING. 02:23:51 - MINING TOWN & FACTORY SMOKE STACKS 02:24:01 - JOHN L. LEWIS MONTAGE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1917
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1910s
- File Name: F-9704