Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage
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title:
Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage
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Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage is a 1937 newsreel of the strike at Republic Steel on Memorial Day, May 30, 1937, which escalated into a massacre when Chicago police fired on protestors. Ten protesters were killed by the police and thirty others suffered gunshot wounds. The police also used clubs and tear gas on the protesters. The film was produced by Paramount Pictures for their Paramount News series. In 1997, the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Librar
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1937 newsreel
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Steel_Strike_Riot_Newsreel_Footage
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2024-04-11T02:13:55Z
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