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Film, Video With these hands

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Title

  • With these hands

Summary

  • President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and President David Dubinsky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union introduce the film. The main feature is a dramatization of a union worker's memories of pre-union life and the improvements that came with unionization. It includes a dramatization of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire.

Names

  • Arnold, Jack, 1916-1992, direction, production
  • Goodman, Lee, 1923-1988, production
  • Wishengrad, Morton, 1913-1963, writing
  • Levene, Sam, 1905-1980, cast
  • Francis, Arlene, cast
  • Wiseman, Joseph, cast
  • Green, William, 1870-1952
  • Dubinsky, David, 1892-1982
  • International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

Created / Published

  • United States : Distinguished Films Inc., 1950.

Headings

  • -  Clothing workers--Labor unions--United States--History
  • -  Triangle Shirtwaist Company--Fire, 1911

Genre

  • Documentary films
  • Sponsored films
  • Feature films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Sources used: National Film Preservation Foundation WWW site, viewed July 20, 2018; Internet movie database, viewed July 20, 2018.
  • -  Music by Morris Mamorsky ; director of photography, Gerald Hirschfeld ; film editor, Charles R. Senf.
  • -  Sam Levene, Arlene Francis, Joseph Wiseman.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 51 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • AFL-CIO Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018601408

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Wishengrad, Morton, Writing, Sam Levene, Arlene Francis, Joseph Wiseman, William Green, David Dubinsky, and International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. With These Hands. directeds by Arnold, Jack, Ectionuction, produceds by Arnold, Jack, Ectionuction, and Goodman, Lee, Uction United States: Distinguished Films Inc, 1950. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018601408/.

APA citation style:

Wishengrad, M., Levene, S., Francis, A., Wiseman, J., Green, W., Dubinsky, D. & International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. (1950) With These Hands. Arnold, J., dir, Arnold, J. & Goodman, L., prods United States: Distinguished Films Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018601408/.

MLA citation style:

Wishengrad, Morton, Writing, et al. With These Hands. dir by Arnold, Jack, Ectionuction, prod by Arnold, Jack, Ectionuction, and Goodman, Lee, Uction United States: Distinguished Films Inc, 1950. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018601408/>.