On Strike: The Winnipeg General Strike, 1919

Name: On Strike: The Winnipeg General Strike, 1919
Director: Clare Johnstone Gilsig
Genre: Short, Documentary
Released: 1991-01-01
Duration: 1200000 s
Cast: Vlasta Vrana, Griffith Brewer, Arthur Grosser

Directed by Clare Johnstone Gilsig and Joe MacDonald

1991 20mShort, Documentary

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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