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Lew Blix, Carl W. Kountz, E. W. Apperson, and Harold V. Smith, representatives of film crew workers striking, Los Angeles, 1933

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Title: Lew Blix, Carl W. Kountz, E. W. Apperson, and Harold V. Smith, representatives of film crew workers striking, Los Angeles, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: [between July 27 and August 11, 1933]
1933-07-27/1933-08-11
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Representatives of the striking workers: Lew Blix: head of studio mechanics, property, and grip men; Carl W. Kountz: representative for laboratory technicians and film editors; Harold Smith: sound technicians; E. W. Apperson: studio projectionists.
Related to several stories in the Los Angeles Times about a film strike, from July 27-August 11, 1933. 665 sound men went on strike first, followed by 6000 allied craftsmen the next day in sympathy.
Text on negative sleeve: Brix, Lew; with, Harold V. Smith, E. W. Apperson, Carl J. Kountz; Movie union
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1269
ark:/21198/zz002dbpwn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Motion picture industry--Employees--Labor unions
Strikes and lockouts--Motion picture industry--United States
Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles
Kountz, Carl (Carl Willis), 1896-1978
Smith, Harold V. (Harold Victor), 1902-1970
Blix, Lew (Lew C. G.)
Apperson, E. W. (Ernest William), 1891-1961
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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