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On Strike: The Winnipeg General Strike, 1919
199119 min 46 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Joe MacDonaldClare Johnstone Gilsig
Production: Joe MacDonaldKeith PackwoodFloyd Elliott
The dramatic story of the Winnipeg General Strike in 1919 told through the recollections of the men and women who were there. This presentation traces the events leading up to the strike; the issues, the personalities and the divisions among the people of Winnipeg. It culminates with the riot of June 21, 1919 in which death and serious injury resulted.
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Subject categories
- Work and Labour Relations > Historical PerspectivesStrikes
- History - Canada - 1867-1919 > Prairies and Western CanadaWork and Labour Relations
- History and Citizenship Education > Economy and Development (1500-present)
- Civics/Citizenship > Ideologies
- Social Studies > Labour Studies
Credits
- director
- Joe MacDonald
- Clare Johnstone Gilsig
- producer
- Joe MacDonald
- Keith Packwood
- executive producer
- Floyd Elliott
- narrator
- Vlasta Vrana
- re-recording
- Louis Hone