The Passaic Textile Strike (1926)
70 min
In October 1925, due to a depression in the textile industry a 10 percent wage cut was imposed by mill owners. The strike that followed went for thirteen months and was vigorously and violently opposed by mill owners and police authorities. This was not an uncommon consequence of striking, and strikers were often fired upon throughout the early Twentieth Century by both police forces and the National Guard as was demonstrated in the modern section of D.W. Griffith's INTOLERANCE (1916) and many other films of the time. THE PASSAIC TEXTILE STRIKE was made by the strikers' Relief Committee to not only show what was happening on the picket lines but to also provide much needed funds for the relief of strikers and their families.
- Release date
- October 28, 1926
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- George Ashkenudse as Self
- John J. Ballam as Self
- Lena Chernenko as Self
- Gustav Deak as Self
- Thomas DeFazio as Self
- Robert Dunn as Self
- Elizabeth Gurley Flynn as Self
- Leo Krzycki as Self
- Joseph Magliacano as Self
- Clarence Miller as Self
Crew
- Samuel Russak · Director
- Margaret Larkin · Writer
- Alfred Wagenknecht · Producer
- Lester Balog · Cinematographer
- Sam Brody · Cinematographer
- Bill Schwarzfeller · Cinematographer