Havelock Wilson (1914-1918)

Havelock Wilson - straight talk to strikers. Location of events unknown - London? March and rally by striking workers. Front diag. shot of march; men walking up street. A couple of sailors pull a man in a wheelchair. Some guys carry a huge banner with picture on it; a trade union thing. A brass band; in uniforms. Some young boys walk along with the marchers. Placard: ’We are Men of the Sea who are not afraid of the Hun Pirates’. Union Jack and other flags. DS rally; a sea of boater hats below; sailors and men in suits and these hats on platform; and MP Havelock Wilson speaking and gesturing. Closer shot panning over heads (that is to say hats; nearly all the hard flat straw hats; white with dark bands). Back to same view of crowd & side view platform. Then DS crowd waving hats. CU Havelock Wilson speaking to camera. Speech; oratory. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOV