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Title
Police and strikers outside RKO Pictures during the Conference of Studio Unions strike, Los Angeles, October 19, 1945
Date Created and/or Issued
October 19, 1945
1945-10-19
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Police and strikers outside RKO Pictures during the Conference of Studio Unions strike against all Hollywood studios. The CSU strike began in March 1945 and was around the six month mark when it turned violent on October 5, 1945, known as Hollywood Black Friday. National exposure of this violence forced negotiations between studios and the CSU. Negotiation ended the strike about a month later, but CSU didn't last much longer and was eventually disbanded and absorbed by rival union IATSE.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Movie Strike--Warner Bros.... Friday, Oct 19, '45; #10-11--Janet Cantor; Sunny Sauber; and Maxine Marx; others----General views....
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz00280cqk
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Pickets--California--Los Angeles
Motion picture studios--California--Los Angeles
Labor unions--California--Los Angeles
Strikes--California--Los Angeles
Activism
Police--California--Los Angeles
Conference of Studio Unions
RKO Pictures
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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