One-Day Workers Strike in Bombay, India (1947) | British Pathé

Indian workers line the streets of Bombay in a peaceful one-day strike on the 29th December, 1947 in this silent footage from Pathé news. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: #BritishPathé #History #India #Strike #Bombay Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: (FILM ID:) Unissued / Unused material. A peaceful one-day strike is held in Bombay, India on the 29th December 1947. Various shots deserted tramway and bus stations, showing empty idle buses and trams. M/S exterior view of the General Post Office. M/S two youths posting letters. C/U a street pillar box with a notice “No Collecting“ on it. L/S people walking along a street. L/S an indoor meeting of workers. M/S pickets outside the building of the Times of India. M/S’s a troop of policemen patrolling. M/S the docks with idle cranes and ships waiting to be unloaded. L/S other s
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