Italian Workers Strike (1947)

Rome, Italy. LS. The rigidly disciplined crowd of demonstrators, walking along Roman street carrying flags and banners - they are protesting against the massacre of Sicilian workers on May Day. LS. The Basilica Di Massenzie in Rome where the meeting was held. Various shots of the mass crowd of workers walking through the streets with banners. Date found in the old record - 12/05/1947. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.