The Big Strike (1956)

Longbridge, Birmingham, West Midlands. GV. Strikers and pickets assembled around the Austin Motor works at Longbridge, Birmingham. SV. Strikers parading with boards in circles as workers go past them into the factory. SV. Top view, strikers parading with boards as workers go past them into the factory. SV. Women holding boards “Be Men, Come Out“ “Support Your Mates“ “Be a Man, not a Blackleg“. SV. Workers leaving factory after one of the shifts. GV. Strikers and pickets assembled round the gates trying to prevent cars containing workers from entering the building. SV. Pickets arguing with a driver of private car trying to get into factory. They succeed and push the car back and the pickets applaud. LV. Pan, Austin transporters carrying car bodies leaving the factory - a striker jumps on to the running board to try and stop the driver and get into his cabine. He cannot - the cabine door is locked. LV. Striker having a fight with a still photographer. Photographer falls onto the ground, other men join in. S