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Farm Labourers Down Hoes

1923 , Aylsham (Norfolk)

Cat no. 701

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A newsreel depicting the Norfolk farm labourers' strike of 1923.

Opening intertitles describe the tragedy of a strike where labourers are not able to live on the wages farmers are able to pay them. Machinery stands idle whilst a farmer attempts to carry out the work with a single horse. A representative from the Agricultural Workers' Union addresses the labourers in the market square at Aylsham; standing by is George Edwards, a Norfolk farm worker who later became an MP. Lord Kimberley, a sympathetic Labour Peer, appears beside a cattle byre. Finally, a turning windmill represents blacklegs at work.

Featured Buildings

St. Michael's Church, Aylsham

Featured Events

Farm Labourers' Strike, 1923

Keywords

Agriculture, Strikes, Industrial relations; Politics, Machinery, Traction engines, Threshers, Windmills, Labourers

  • Camera : John Hutchins (Jack/Bunny)

Manifestations

Farm Labourers Down Hoes

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    0:01:16
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    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
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    0:01:30
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    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    05/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
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    Sound
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    INV216463
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    bw
    Dimension
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    0:01:16
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    N
    Modification Date
    23/02/2010
    Parts
    Reference
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    Sound
    silent
  • Barcode
    INV217208
    Canonical Identifier
    A-1568
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    35mm film
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    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
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