Masses and Millionaires:Homestead Strike

Masses and Millionaires:Homestead Strike

SKU: 32564

$35.40

20 Minutes - Color

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Categories: Civic & Business, Elementary Films, General Interest, Independent Gems, Innovation & Discovery, Libraries, Multicultural Studies, Parents, Secondary & College, Secondary, College, General Interest, Shaping of the American Nation,

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A startlingly realistic program recreates the bloody strike at the Carnegie Street Company in 1892 through the experiences of an Irish labor organizer and a Slav coal heaver. From the stark portrayals of the workers' living and working conditions to their final dramatic stand against overwhelming odds at Andrew Carnegie's Homestead plant, the film relates a chapter in the history of organized labor. An LCA release.

Awards: Columbus, National Educational, Oakland Film Festivals

26 minutes | Color

A startlingly realistic program recreates the bloody strike at the Carnegie Street Company in 1892 through the experiences of an Irish labor organizer and a Slav coal heaver. From the stark portrayals of the workers' living and working conditions to their final dramatic stand against overwhelming odds at Andrew Carnegie's Homestead plant, the film relates a chapter in the history of organized labor. An LCA release.

Awards: Columbus, National Educational, Oakland Film Festivals

26 minutes | Color