Dock Strike Continues (1955)

London & Henley. GV. Thames dockside showing idle boats. SV. & SCU. Dockers who have travelled from Liverpool, Garston, Manchester, etc., marching along road. SCU. Dockers standing around. Man in foreground with placard reading “All True Blue“. SV. Dockers with banner “Birkenhead Branch of .“. SV. Dockers being addressed by man with loud speaker. SCU. Dockers listening. SCU. Man with loud speaker van. SCU. Section of meeting as they raise their hands (with cards). SV. Pan over massed dockers with hands raised, holding cards. GV. Idle ships. GV. & SCU. Crates piled up on dock side. LV. Russian ship at dockside “Strelna“. CU. Russian name on ship. LV. Along deck of Russian ship, pan down to long crates containing the Russian shells for Henley. CU. Writing on side of crate “Trade Representation of the USSR in UK.“ TV. Crates on deck. LV. Russian crew at Henley putting their borrowed boat into the water. SV. Group of Henley rowers wearing caps and blazers looking on. GV. Russian eight rowing down rive
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