Accueil / 12,000 Men - DVD
Numéro de catalogue: NFB524770
Producteur: National Film Board Of Canada
Producteurs: Dennis Sawyer, Rex Tasker
Réalisateurs: Martin Duckworth
Agences de production: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Sujet: Documentaire, Études de l'environnement, Histoire du Canada, Instruction civique
Langue: Anglais
Pays d'origine: Canada
Année du droit d’auteur: 1978
Durée: 34:27
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12,000 Men - DVD
Numéro de catalogue: NFB524770
Producteur: National Film Board Of Canada
Producteurs: Dennis Sawyer, Rex Tasker
Réalisateurs: Martin Duckworth
Agences de production: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal)
Sujet: Documentaire, Études de l'environnement, Histoire du Canada, Instruction civique
Langue: Anglais
Pays d'origine: Canada
Année du droit d’auteur: 1978
Durée: 34:27
Cliquez ici pour les prix
This powerful documentary brings alive the brave story of Cape Breton's union struggles in the coal and steel industries from the 1890s through the labour wars of the 1920s.
The fight for decent wages and improved working conditions took on an urgency when the British Empire Steel Corporation, or BESCO, bought every single steel and coal company in Nova Scotia. When the Montreal-based company cut wages by a third, a long and bitter dispute began. The lockouts, picket lines and strikes were finally ended by brute force when provincial police and federal troops were sent in. The mine owners, however, were ultimately forced to recognize the union.
This film combines vintage footage, photographs, drawings and interviews with men and women who were actually in the pits and on the front lines. These Cape Bretoners speak of the hardship and brief victories of the coal miners and their families--people who COULD stand the gaff!
The fight for decent wages and improved working conditions took on an urgency when the British Empire Steel Corporation, or BESCO, bought every single steel and coal company in Nova Scotia. When the Montreal-based company cut wages by a third, a long and bitter dispute began. The lockouts, picket lines and strikes were finally ended by brute force when provincial police and federal troops were sent in. The mine owners, however, were ultimately forced to recognize the union.
This film combines vintage footage, photographs, drawings and interviews with men and women who were actually in the pits and on the front lines. These Cape Bretoners speak of the hardship and brief victories of the coal miners and their families--people who COULD stand the gaff!