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0:42Now Playing1954 UK: BUS AND DOCK STRIKE:
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as posted by the channelDate: 17th October 1954
Location: Italy
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
BUS..TROLLEY-BUS...STOPS...SHELTERS...etc Unofficial strike for higher wages. 1954.
CRANES. good shot of.... idle during strike.
DOCKS. WHARF. scenes of sheds, baggage, cranes idle & deserted caused by Dock strike 1954
LONDON. Unofficial strike of busmen for higher fares, also Dock strike on the waterfront complete standstill scenes of people queing... idle ships cranes wharfs & sheds deserted
LORRIES departure of G.B. & U.S.A..... after Zone "A" restored to Italy in Treiste
SHIPPING. Shipping at stand still caused by strike of dockers
STRIKES. Unofficial ... of busmen shots of people in streets lining up for lifts ... also .... of dockers scenes of idle shipping, wharfs, docks, sheds, cranes baggage deserted.
TANKS. Seen in Trieste streets after restoration of Zone "A" to It a lyre placements by Italian Personnel.
TRIESTE. Scenes of evacuation by G.B. & U.S.A. lorries etc. after Zone "A" restored to Italy
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